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PETER BINSTOCK JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 5, 1947 – January 3, 1969
Service recordPeter Binstock JR, of New England, North Dakota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 24
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1947
- Home of record
- New England, North Dakota (Hettinger County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 24
- RONALD KEITH BLOOMSpecialist Five · January 3, 1969
- DONALD WAYNE BROWNSpecialist Five · January 3, 1969
- GLENN EDWARD CASESpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- ERNEST DEAN DODSONSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD HEINECaptain · Panel 35W, Line 26
From New England
- JOHN WILLIAM BRINKMEYERWarrant Officer 1 · November 27, 1968
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.