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PETER JOSEPH BOUCHARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 21, 1946 – March 28, 1969
Service recordPeter Joseph Bouchard, of Lowell, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 65
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
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Lowell, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 65
- DAVID OLSEN WILSONSergeant · March 27, 1969
- KENNETH LEROY WITHAMLance Corporal · March 27, 1969
- LESLIE WAYNE WORLSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- ROBERT ARTHUR BELCHERMajor · March 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT L DADAMO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 67
- JOSEPH DANIEL GOODALE JRCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 68
From Lowell
- DONALD LEONARD ARCANDPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM THOMAS CALLERYPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH CARVILLESpecialist Four · May 1, 1966
- PETER TSIROVASILESPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- RUDOLPH H LEFEBVRE JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- JOSEPH LEO VALLEEPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- PAUL LEO STEWARTStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- PETER NICHOLAS SAMARASMajor · March 19, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS BIGELOWPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
- BRUCE RAYMOND BAXTERMaster Sergeant · November 8, 1967
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.