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PETER WALTER SLABINGER
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 7, 1946 – August 12, 1968
Service recordPeter Walter Slabinger, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 3
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 3
- DONALD LEE PUMPHREYSergeant · August 12, 1968
- LARRY JOE PURCELLSergeant · August 12, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN SCOTTSergeant · August 12, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES TREADWAYSpecialist Five · August 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MERLIN HERMAN BERGANSergeant First Class · Panel 49W, Line 50
- STEPHEN MICHAEL CARNINECorporal · Panel 49W, Line 51
- THADDEUS DURRETTSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 52
- EARNEST EATMAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 52
- BOBBY FREEMANSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 53
- HARRY JAMES HAASSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 53
- MILTON COOKSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 54
- STANLEY GENE HOLTONSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 54
- ROBERT FRANCIS MCMANUSCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 1
- RONALD LEE MUEHLBERGPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 1
- THOMAS E MORTICE IIISergeant · Panel 48W, Line 2
- RONALD LEE PANZERSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 2
- DENNIS ALTON PRICEPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 2
- DONALD LEE PUMPHREYSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 3
- LARRY JOE PURCELLSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 3
- RICHARD ALLEN SCOTTSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 3
- LONNIE JOSEPH TULLIERStaff Sergeant · Panel 48W, Line 4
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.