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PETER FREDERICK CHERNEY
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
December 4, 1938 – February 2, 1968
Service recordPeter Frederick Cherney, of La Habra, California, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 2, 1968, in North Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 67
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- December 4, 1938
- Home of record
- La Habra, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 36E, Line 67
- DONALD DAWSON BURNHAMLieutenant Colonel · February 2, 1968
- JOHN HENRY CANNONWarrant Officer 1 · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT L CHAPMANPrivate · February 2, 1968
- HOLLIS RAY HALEStaff Sergeant · February 2, 1968
From La Habra
- DAVID DEE GUMMERESergeant · April 29, 1966
- EDWARD ANDREW GILLASPYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS JOYNERFirst Lieutenant · June 15, 1968
- ROSS MCCLLELAN PRESTONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
- HENRY CLAY KNIGHTChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 20, 1968
- RALPH THOMAS SANDPrivate First Class · April 4, 1969
- JONATHAN WAYNE ALLMANPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
- DAVID TERRELL HOWARDPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- WILLIAM THEODORE BROWNSergeant First Class · November 3, 1969
- STEVEN LYNN CATINOCorporal · February 10, 1970
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.