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PETER SHELDON HAWLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 31, 1950 – October 11, 1970
Service recordPeter Sheldon Hawley, of Jackson, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Jackson, Michigan (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 126
- LEONALD GEORGE GUILETTESpecialist Five · October 11, 1970
- LARRY DEAN SHELTONCorporal · October 11, 1970
- MICHAEL SMITHSergeant · October 11, 1970
- MELVIN EUGENE TUCKERPrivate First Class · October 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN EUGENE TUCKERPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 126
From Jackson
- MICHAEL MILTON MEDLEYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DANIEL JOSEPH PIOTROWSKILance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- ROY RUMSEY ROGERSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
- THOMAS LEE KEIRNSCorporal · July 29, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD BOWENWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1967
- RICHARD GUY SHERWOODSergeant · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EFREN GRENNAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE FRACKERLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ERIC LOUIS WILLIAM STAUFFPrivate First Class · May 16, 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.