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PETER JOHN TROY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 3, 1948 – September 7, 1969
Service recordPeter John Troy, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 57
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
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 3, 1948
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 57
- JESS H VANWINKLE JRSergeant · September 7, 1969
- FRANK WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · September 7, 1969
- JESSE JAMES ARTHUR IIIPrivate First Class · September 8, 1969
- GARY THOMAS BENJAMINCorporal · September 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TOLLIE BAILEYCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 52
- RONALD EUGENE PEETZKESergeant · Panel 18W, Line 55
- LARRY TRUMAN SANDERSCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 56
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.