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PETER SAMUEL BORSAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 17, 1945 – May 31, 1969
Service recordPeter Samuel Borsay, of Morgantown, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 25
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Morgantown, West Virginia (Monongalia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 25
- JOEY LEE BOLESSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- BYRON BILL BOWDENSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- BYRON THOMAS CALKINSSpecialist Five · May 31, 1969
- LARRY ERNEST DIKEMANCorporal · May 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JACKIE DENNIS BASSPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 24
- JAMES GERALD FLYNNStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 32
From Morgantown
- JAMES HOWARD SAWYERPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- WILBERT HERSHELL JOHNSONSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DAVID ALLAN KOVACLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
- ROGER ALLEN BISESpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- JAMES CARL THOMASLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- MAJOR ROY DALTON JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD MESSENGERSergeant · July 15, 1967
- PAUL STEPHEN GOGGINLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT SULLIVAN HOSKINSPrivate First Class · May 1, 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.