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PETER WALTER BAXTER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 17, 1945 – July 1, 1966
Service recordPeter Walter Baxter, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 1, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 114
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 ENG BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 17, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 ENG BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 114
- ABRAHAM SCHWARTZAirman Second Class · November 4, 1965
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- HARRY JAMES YOSTSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- RICHARD D ABOLTINSpecialist Four · July 1, 1966
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.