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PETER JOHN CARLSON
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 28, 1947 – May 11, 1967
Service recordPeter John Carlson, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 89
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 39 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- August 28, 1947
- Home of record
- La Crosse, Wisconsin (La Crosse County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 39 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 89
- PERCY EARL WATSONPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- STERLING SADLER WOODSCorporal · May 10, 1967
- ROY LEE BRANHAMPrivate First Class · May 11, 1967
- RONALD LEE CHISHOLMLance Corporal · May 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES OLEKSASpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 91
- NEELY JAMES SINGLETARYCorporal · Panel 19E, Line 91
From La Crosse
- CHARLES LEON DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE LORENZPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS WALSHStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1966
- RUSSELL OLE LEDEGARPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- BRUCE RICHARD SCOTTPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- PAUL ANTHONY OESTREICHERSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- WALLACE LEE GIESENPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BREUERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- RUSSELL CARL HAASSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- MICHAEL BRUCE TURNERCorporal · May 11, 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.