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PETER FRANK FEGATELLI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 9, 1948 – May 10, 1969
Service recordPeter Frank Fegatelli, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- September 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 38
- KENNETH JONES EYER JRSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- ALBERT DEAN FOSTERSergeant First Class · May 10, 1969
- CHARLES JEFFERY FREELANDPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- HENRY GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 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.