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PETER FEDASCH
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 28, 1947 – June 29, 1968
Service recordPeter Fedasch, of Amsterdam, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 29, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 15
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Amsterdam, New York (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 15
- ROY GEREAD DORSETTSergeant · June 29, 1968
- KENNETH LEE DREWPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- ROBERT LEONARD DUTRASpecialist Four · June 29, 1968
- RONALD EARL EBERLECorporal · June 29, 1968
From Amsterdam
- EDWARD STEPHEN STEFFEKPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- JOHN GEORGE BANSAVAGEStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1966
- EDWARD STANLEY KOPIKPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH CELMERCaptain · March 18, 1967
- LEONARD EDWARD NISKIMajor · May 10, 1967
- RICHARD WALTER BUDKACaptain · December 25, 1967
- FELIX ANTHONY SISARIOSergeant First Class · January 1, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL MANCINIPetty Officer Second Class · January 11, 1968
- DONATO JOSEPH SIMIELESergeant · June 9, 1968
- MICHAEL LYNCHSpecialist Five · March 15, 1969
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.