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PETER FRANK COMACHO JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 14, 1950 – August 27, 1968
Service recordPeter Frank Comacho JR, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 27, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 38
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- January 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 38
- EARL JEROME BLUNKALLCorporal · August 27, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN BROWNLance Corporal · August 27, 1968
- JERRY CELLETTICorporal · August 27, 1968
- VINCENT ALLEN CLARKSergeant · August 27, 1968
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 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.