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PETER LEONARD ALAGNA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 26, 1948 – January 23, 1969
Service recordPeter Leonard Alagna, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 63
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 63
- MARVIN LE ROY ERICKSONPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY WILK JRHospitalman · January 22, 1969
- TYRONE MELVIN WRIGHTPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- LARRY MONROE BECKSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KEITH NOLAND CANTRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 64
- DENNIS HAROLD GUTHRIESergeant · Panel 34W, Line 65
- ARNOLD GLEN OAKESPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 66
- EDWARD PAUL OGDENSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 66
- JERRY ALLEN PALMERPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 67
- BENEDICT JOHN TRIPODOCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 68
- CHARLES RUSSELL YATESCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 69
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 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.