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PETER MACIEL JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 14, 1946 – January 23, 1967
Service recordPeter Maciel JR, of Ft Collins, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 120 AVN CO CAP AVN BN
- Born
- June 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Collins, Colorado (Larimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1967; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 70
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE HOUSTONSergeant · January 23, 1967
- KENNETH WAYNE KROUSLance Corporal · January 23, 1967
- DANNY DEAN MCGEELance Corporal · January 23, 1967
From Ft Collins
- EVERETT ROBERT ANDERSONSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROCKFORD WAYNE GODDARDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- BARRY BERNDT MYHRFireman Apprentice · November 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEROY SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- RICHARD L FAHRENBRUCHSergeant · April 3, 1968
- RONALD GENE CATTERSONSergeant · June 29, 1968
- PHILIP LEONARD WHITNEYSergeant · July 3, 1968
- FRANK DEPAUL SARACINO JRSergeant · March 20, 1969
- BLAINE PATRICK SMILIECorporal · April 27, 1970
- RICKEY DUANE MILLSSpecialist Five · September 9, 1970
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.