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PETER VINCENT MESTAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 10, 1948 – October 19, 1969
Service recordPeter Vincent Mestas, of Trinidad, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 92
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Trinidad, Colorado (Las Animas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 92
- JIMMY LEE SMITHSpecialist Five · September 28, 1969
- ALVIN RAMSEY STOVALL JRSpecialist Five · October 19, 1969
- ROBERT LEE THANELance Corporal · October 19, 1969
- EDDIE LEE WALKERPrivate First Class · October 19, 1969
- JAMES CLARK WOODSMajor · October 19, 1969
From Trinidad
- JOSEPH THOMAS MARTINFirst Sergeant · May 11, 1967
- ANTHONY WILFRED ROYBALSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- HENRY ELOY CASIASSergeant · February 4, 1968
- RODGER ALAN BLATNICKLance Corporal · November 27, 1968
- ISMAEL BENITO ARANDALance Corporal · August 31, 1969
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.