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PETER BRUCE STADDON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 2, 1951 – October 30, 1970
Service recordPeter Bruce Staddon, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 28
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 2, 1951
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 28
- JAMES ANTHONY QUINNCorporal · October 29, 1970
- JUAN FRANCISCO ARANDALance Corporal · October 30, 1970
- CLIFFORD GERALD BURDETTELance Corporal · October 30, 1970
- HAYLEN FOSTER GLENNSergeant · October 30, 1970
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.