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PETER FRANSSON RUSSELL
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
March 12, 1940 – May 23, 1969
Service recordPeter Fransson Russell, of Wharton, New Jersey, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 23, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 90
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- March 12, 1940
- Home of record
- Wharton, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 90
- ROBERT PETER SCIBILIASpecialist Four · May 23, 1969
- KENNETH DUANE SHOAPSSergeant · May 23, 1969
- DOUGLAS JOHN SOMMERPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- JAMES WALTER SPEERCorporal · May 23, 1969
From Wharton
- JOSEPH LOUIS JOHN SIMONPetty Officer First Class · November 24, 1967
- THOMAS WILLIAM KNUCKEYFirst Lieutenant · May 27, 1971
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.