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PETER KALANI MIRANDA
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 6, 1948 – December 6, 1969
Service recordPeter Kalani Miranda, of Holloman Afb, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 33
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Holloman Afb, New Mexico (Otero County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1969; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 33
- GEORGE LIVINGSTON MILLERColonel · December 6, 1969
- PHILIP JOHN SCHROCKFirst Lieutenant · December 6, 1969
- CHARLES GLENNON SCHWARTZStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1969
- TONY RAY TURNERLance Corporal · December 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROLLAND LEON DURFLINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 31
- CHARLES ELTON FERRELLCaptain · Panel 15W, Line 32
- PHILIP JOHN SCHROCKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 33
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.