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PETER EDWARD ULRICKSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 18, 1950 – July 9, 1969
Service recordPeter Edward Ulrickson, of Ishpeming, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 9, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 91
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Ishpeming, Michigan (Marquette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 91
- EARL LLOYD COOKSpecialist Four · July 9, 1969
- JUAN LUIS TERRAZASSpecialist Four · July 9, 1969
- STEVE ANDERSONCorporal · July 10, 1969
- ELIJAH WALLACE BURKETTSpecialist Four · July 10, 1969
From Ishpeming
- ROBERT ELISH POLKINGHORNEPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- EARL FRANCIS SEABLOMPrivate First Class · July 18, 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.