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PETER JOSEPH LIBERATI
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 26, 1945 – February 19, 1967
Service recordPeter Joseph Liberati, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 19, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 62
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 62
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- ROGER LEE HOGSTONPrivate First Class · February 19, 1967
- RICHARD KNIGHTSergeant · February 19, 1967
- VANNY CHRIS MAHANAPrivate First Class · February 19, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.