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PETER JOSEPH OTOOLE
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 25, 1949 – September 19, 1968
Service recordPeter Joseph Otoole, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 40
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 40
- PETER DAVID MATARAZZOPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- ROBERT MINOR MCVEAPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- TERRENCE MORANPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- PEDRO S RODRIQUEZ JRLance Corporal · September 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT A BANUELOS JRSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 33
- MICHAEL KEITH HAMNERSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 36
- LLOYD WILLIAM JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 37
- CALVIN DAVID LARGOSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 39
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.