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PETER FRANK KRISTOF
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 23, 1950 – August 10, 1969
Service recordPeter Frank Kristof, of Medfield, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 10, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 124
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Medfield, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 124
- JAMES JOSEPH KROLIKOWSKISpecialist Four · August 10, 1969
- ROBERT THEODORE MARMIEPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- WILLIAM EMIL MICKELSEN JRLieutenant · August 10, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES MOONEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
From Medfield
- STEPHEN HINKLEYLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
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.