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PETER AUGUST DROUHARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 15, 1948 – July 14, 1969
Service recordPeter August Drouhard, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 117
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 117
- RAY GENE DAVISSergeant · July 14, 1969
- WILLIE JAMES DAVISCorporal · July 14, 1969
- ARNOLD FALCON GARCIAPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- LEONARD MICHAEL GOMOLICKEPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- JAMES HOWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWIN CHARLES ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 115
- JUAN MANUEL RAMOSPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 120
- ELDON LEE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 120
- JOE IGNACIO RODRIGUEZSecond Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 120
- RICHARD JAY SCHOONVELDPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 120
- LARRY LESTER TECHMEIRSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 121
- RONALD GENE THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 121
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.