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PETER FRANK DELANO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 21, 1945 – February 10, 1967
Service recordPeter Frank Delano, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 21, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 14
- MARK DELANE HOLTESpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
- LARRY DUANE JUDKINSHospitalman · February 10, 1967
- OTIS LEWISPlatoon Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- THOMAS R MANNINGSpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 13
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.