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PETER OSCAR HAJMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 7, 1947 – November 12, 1969
Service recordPeter Oscar Hajman, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 63
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 63
- JAMES EUGENE DENNANYColonel · November 12, 1969
- RALPH ELLIS DIASPrivate First Class · November 12, 1969
- ROBERT PATRICK GALLAGHERCaptain · November 12, 1969
- DONALD WADE GILL JRLance Corporal · November 12, 1969
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.