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PETER KAPAS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 23, 1949 – April 17, 1971
Service recordPeter Kapas JR, of Pascoag, Rhode Island, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1971, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 131
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Pascoag, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1971; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 131
- EDWIN FREDERICK FISHERCorporal · April 17, 1971
- GEORGE JAMES ORRSpecialist Five · April 17, 1971
- GARY LEE REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · April 17, 1971
- JAMES RONALD THOMASSergeant · April 17, 1971
- WILLIAM ARTHUR THOMAS JRCaptain · April 21, 1972
From Pascoag
- WALTER JOSEPH DECOTAMajor · August 17, 1966
- JAMES A BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
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.