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PETER LOUIS WINTER
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 17, 1948 – April 1, 1971
Service recordPeter Louis Winter, of Woodville, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 100
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Woodville, Texas (Tyler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 100
- COLLIE JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · April 1, 1971
- MICHAEL EDGAR MCPETERSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1971
- STEVEN CHARLES WRAYSpecialist Four · April 1, 1971
- GEORGE W YOUNGERMAN JRSpecialist Four · April 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIAM ANDERSCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 98
- JERRY KEITH BOBBITTSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 99
- JAMES DEAN DAVISCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 99
- ARTHUR HERNANDEZCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 99
From Woodville
- HOLLIS ALLEN WALKERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- ROY CHARLES WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · May 12, 1968
- LEROY WOODPrivate First Class · July 13, 1968
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.