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PETER DAVID GUZMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 17, 1949 – January 28, 1970
Service recordPeter David Guzman, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 74
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 74
- KENNETH SANDFORD BERCIERSpecialist Four · January 28, 1970
- TERRY ALFRED CARTERLance Corporal · January 28, 1970
- STEVEN ORLANDO DILESergeant · January 28, 1970
- JAMES FRANCIS HACKETT JRLance Corporal · January 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN ORLANDO DILESergeant · Panel 14W, Line 74
- FRANK DODGE MADRIDSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 76
- JOHN ANDREW SHAFFERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 14W, Line 77
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.