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PETER TSIROVASILES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 10, 1945 – June 2, 1966
Service recordPeter Tsirovasiles, of Lowell, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 1
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Lowell, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 1
- GEORGE DALE WEEKSSergeant · June 2, 1966
- RALPH WARREN CASPOLECaptain · June 3, 1966
- RUSSELL THOMAS CHRISTIANLance Corporal · June 3, 1966
- RICHARD EARL DABNEY JRPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR BROXTON JRCorporal · Panel 7E, Line 132
- MIGUE CASTRO-CARRASQUILLOSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 132
- JERRY L FIELDSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 133
- THOMAS ORVAL GILBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 133
- DOUGLAS MCARTHUR BURNETTSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 134
- GEORGE DALE WEEKSSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 1
From Lowell
- DONALD LEONARD ARCANDPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM THOMAS CALLERYPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH CARVILLESpecialist Four · May 1, 1966
- RUDOLPH H LEFEBVRE JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- JOSEPH LEO VALLEEPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- PAUL LEO STEWARTStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- PETER NICHOLAS SAMARASMajor · March 19, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS BIGELOWPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
- BRUCE RAYMOND BAXTERMaster Sergeant · November 8, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH KELLEYFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 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.