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PETER EARL POWELL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 14, 1942 – April 11, 1968
Service recordPeter Earl Powell, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 25
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Shawnee, Oklahoma (Pottawatomie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 25
- FREDERICK RICHARD OHLERSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- JACK WILLIAM OSBORNSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- RONALD EDGAR RIEDEFirst Lieutenant · April 11, 1968
- GUILLERMO A RUIZ-BERNARDSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH DAVID THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 26
- CHARLIE K WOODENSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 28
From Shawnee
- WAYNE WARREN HUMPHRIESSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT LAWRENCEFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
- RONALD VINCENT HARBERTLance Corporal · June 29, 1968
- MELFORD KEITH BLAKELYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
- ROY EUGENE LYNNPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- MILFORD EUDENE COBBStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1969
- DONALD LYNN WANNChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 1, 1971
- GARY BRUCE FARRISFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1972
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.