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PETER LOWELL RUSSELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 29, 1943 – August 22, 1968
Service recordPeter Lowell Russell, of Port Arthur, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Port Arthur, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 47W, Line 33
- KENYU SHIMABUKUROGunnery Sergeant · August 22, 1968
- THOMAS KING SMITHSpecialist Five · August 22, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD SPENS IIIPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- JOHN D STRINGFELLOW JRPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ROBERT BALESSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 25
- JAMES BLAIN CARLSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 47W, Line 26
- WAYDELL GETTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 47W, Line 27
- NEWELL FERRELL LEIGH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 29
- PETER JOSEPH MEARS JRCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 29
From Port Arthur
- ADAM ERNEST SIMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1965
- HERBERT JAMES GABRIELPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CLEVELAND KEAL JRPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- DANNY RAY NORTHCUTTSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- PAUL SCOTTPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- LEROY PEGROSSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- RODGER DALE HEBERTPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- JOHN DEE POWELL JRLance Corporal · June 30, 1968
- TONY JOHN AYALAPrivate First Class · August 11, 1968
- GREGORIO TREVINO JRPrivate First Class · December 11, 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.