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PETER LOUIS PROCOPIO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 3, 1948 – March 11, 1970
Service recordPeter Louis Procopio, of Cliffside Park, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Armament Repairman (45J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Cliffside Park, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 113
- DAVID LINWOOD MATHISCaptain · March 11, 1970
- OLAF THOMAS OLSENCorporal · March 11, 1970
- JOHN ROBERT PINERSergeant · March 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONNIE STEPHEN BARTLETTPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 109
- JOHN WALTER LUTTRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 112
- LESTER PAUL SABAPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 114
From Cliffside Park
- ROBERT JOSEPH BETZPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- EDWARD KENNEYSergeant First Class · May 23, 1965
- DONALD ARRIBILance Corporal · June 7, 1969
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.