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PETER MICHAEL APODACA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 15, 1947 – May 31, 1967
Service recordPeter Michael Apodaca, of San Bruno, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 20
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1947
- Home of record
- San Bruno, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 20
- DAVID LEE ADAMSPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- HERVEY HARRIS ALLENPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- RANDALL ARBOGASTSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- HAROLD A BEAVERSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
From San Bruno
- CLIFFORD ALTON ROBERTSSergeant · July 9, 1965
- OWEN THOMAS LAVERYPrivate First Class · October 20, 1965
- MARK LAKE MORGANLance Corporal · February 28, 1966
- JOHN L HOLSTEINPlatoon Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- ROBERT ELMER FOLSOMLance Corporal · September 19, 1967
- GARY MICHAEL RISTSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
- BOBBY JOHN BYRDPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.