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PETER RICHARD CRESSMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
May 23, 1951 – February 5, 1973
Service recordPeter Richard Cressman, of Wayne, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 5, 1973, in Laos, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 23, 1951
- Home of record
- Wayne, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1973
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1973. In February 1973, 14 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 114
- WILLIAM STERLIN STRINGHAMPetty Officer Third Class · February 3, 1973
- ARTHUR RAY BOLLINGERCaptain · February 5, 1973
- DALE BRANDENBURGSergeant · February 5, 1973
- GEORGE ROSS SPITZCaptain · February 5, 1973
From Wayne
- RALPH WESLEY VALTLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- RICHARD RAYMOND KANEMajor · September 12, 1967
- DANIEL FRANCIS THOMPSONSergeant · May 23, 1968
- ROBERT FRANCIS MCMANUSCorporal · August 12, 1968
- FRANK ERIC SACHARANSKIFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 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.