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PETER EVAN DAY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 28, 1941 – May 27, 1967
Service recordPeter Evan Day, of Modesto, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 116 AVN CO 269 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 28, 1941
- Home of record
- Modesto, California (Stanislaus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 128
- GORDON BYRON BLACKWOODLieutenant Colonel · January 30, 1967
- ROY ROBERT BOOTHSpecialist Four · May 27, 1967
- THOMAS ALAN BURKHARDTLance Corporal · May 27, 1967
- ROBERT BLAINE DANIELSLance Corporal · May 27, 1967
From Modesto
- ERNEST KAY GERHARDTPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- JACK DALE MCCLURECaptain · December 31, 1965
- JOSEPH ANTHONY RANDAZZOLance Corporal · January 31, 1966
- NEAL ARTHUR RASMUSSENStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1966
- JOHN ROY MARKILLIEPetty Officer Third Class · June 21, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM BARTLOWLance Corporal · July 18, 1966
- DONALD CHARLES VAUGHANSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES WEBORGCorporal · January 23, 1967
- RICHARD LYNN PARHAMPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- ROBERT NICOLAS STAUDSeaman · March 6, 1967
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.