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PETER MICHAEL STENGEM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 5, 1947 – April 28, 1969
Service recordPeter Michael Stengem, of Havre, Montana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 75
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Havre, Montana (Hill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 75
- AUSTIN TEETHPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- DANIEL WELSHSergeant · April 28, 1969
- PHILLIP W WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- RONALD KELLEY WILSONSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HENRY STOUT IIISpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 74
From Havre
- MARK GORDON HINKLEPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- STANLEY WILLIAM SALYERSergeant · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM JOHN GARRITY JRLieutenant Commander · October 26, 1966
- LEROY CHARLES CECHCorporal · June 19, 1970
- TERRY DUANE NEISSSpecialist Four · May 10, 1972
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.