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PETER JAMES PAELE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 9, 1935 – October 21, 1967
Service recordPeter James Paele, of Kahului, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 46
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1935
- Home of record
- Kahului, Hawaii (Maui County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 46
- DAVID PAUL KUSYPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- FREDERICK MOLEE LOWE JRPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- GERALD CRAIG MILLERPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- JEFFREY LYNN MORRISPrivate · October 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LARRY CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 45
From Kahului
- ALBERT CABANAYANCorporal · March 5, 1966
- HACHIRO IMAEPlatoon Sergeant · June 26, 1966
- RICHARD CHESTER JACOBSPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- JERALD KATSUJI SUMIDAAirman Second Class · July 15, 1967
- DAVID EDWARDS WISCHEMANNSpecialist Five · October 31, 1972
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.