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PETER JOHN RUSSELL
Captain · U.S. Army
October 2, 1946 – August 1, 1968
Service recordPeter John Russell, of New York, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He was lost on August 1, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 45
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 2, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 1, 1968
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 50W, Line 45
- WILLIAM DELBERT PEARSONCorporal · August 1, 1968
- GERALD LELAND POPPASergeant · August 1, 1968
- JOSEPH SHAW ROSSCaptain · August 1, 1968
- SCOTT GARY SMITHPrivate First Class · August 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FERNANChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 50W, Line 41
- DONALD RANDALL FOWLERSpecialist Six · Panel 50W, Line 42
- STEVEN MORRIS HASTINGSStaff Sergeant · Panel 50W, Line 44
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.