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PETER GIRARD CODY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 12, 1945 – March 24, 1967
Service recordPeter Girard Cody, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 34
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I BTRY 3 BN 11 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- June 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 34
- EDWARD JOHN CONWAYPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- DAVID CARSON CUNNINGHAMSpecialist Four · March 24, 1967
- CHRISTIAN JOHN ECKERDT JRPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.