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PETER JOSEPH LACEY III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 20, 1946 – November 21, 1969
Service recordPeter Joseph Lacey III, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 106
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1969; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 106
- JOHNNY OWEN BROOKSPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- PHILIP LAWRENCE JEWELLCorporal · November 21, 1969
- WILLIAM FREDERICK LEASECorporal · November 21, 1969
- GRADY LEONARD LEWISStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1969
- JAMES MARSHALL MINCEYCorporal · November 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY BOYLESChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16W, Line 104
- CURTIS RUSSELL FRANTZStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 105
- PHILIP LAWRENCE JEWELLCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 106
- JOHNNY WILLIAM TRAINHAMSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 107
- ROBERT KENT WORTHENPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 108
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 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.