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PETER JOSEPH JIRSA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 17, 1947 – November 5, 1968
Service recordPeter Joseph Jirsa, of Long Island City, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 20
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Long Island City, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 20
- JOHN JAUTRIS ZIMULISSergeant First Class · November 4, 1968
- EDWARD EARL DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1968
- CHARLES IVAN DEGRAWSergeant · November 5, 1968
- MICHAEL MELVIN FARMERCorporal · November 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALVIN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 21
- HERMAN LEROY MCINTIREPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 22
- DEAN WILLIAM OLTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 23
From Long Island City
- WILLIAM JAMES HENRYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- JOSEPH STEPHEN HENRIQUEZLieutenant Commander · August 10, 1966
- PETER JOSEPH FREDERICKColonel · March 15, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH SUSSMEIERPrivate · July 8, 1967
- WALTER EDMUND GIBLIN JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1967
- JOSEPH HEALYSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- ABRAHAM JACKSONStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES BAUER JRPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- EDWARD EUGENE HOLTCorporal · March 21, 1968
- CHARLES E DANIELSPrivate First Class · March 22, 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.