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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Peter E Narvarte JR.

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PETER E NARVARTE JR

Captain · U.S. Army

October 7, 1938 – December 22, 1967

Service record

Peter E Narvarte JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 32E · Line 45

Position of Panel 32E 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
Captain (CPT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Child Neurologist (3118)
Unit (as recorded)
AMERICAL DIV
Born
October 7, 1938
Home of record
San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 22, 1967
Age
29
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

37 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 32E, Line 45

From San Antonio

All 287 names from San Antonio →

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.