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PETER MICHAEL VANDERWEG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 1, 1949 – July 25, 1970
Service recordPeter Michael Vanderweg, of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 52
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Oak Creek, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 52
- SALVADOR LEAL JRSpecialist Four · July 25, 1970
- DONALD ROBERT SIMONSergeant · July 25, 1970
- JACK EDWIN TAYLORSpecialist Four · July 25, 1970
- RICHARD HENRY VOKESSpecialist Four · July 25, 1970
From Oak Creek
- JAMES FREDRICK MEYER JRPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- MARK ROBERT DZIEDZICPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- SEVERIANO RIOSCorporal · April 2, 1970
- GLENN EDWARD NOWAKOWSKIWarrant Officer 1 · July 22, 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.