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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Peter Anthony Semmer.

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PETER ANTHONY SEMMER

Private First Class · U.S. Army

December 10, 1941 – February 11, 1965

Service record

Peter Anthony Semmer, of Long Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 1E · Line 92

Position of Panel 1E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Aircraft Powertrain Repairer (68D)
Born
December 10, 1941
Home of record
Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 11, 1965
Age
23
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Other Weapons

Context · from the records

What was happening

One name on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1965. In February 1965, 54 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 1E, Line 92

From Long Beach

All 101 names from Long Beach →

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.