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PETER WHITMAN FIELDS
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
June 4, 1943 – February 28, 1966
Service recordPeter Whitman Fields, of Aberdeen, North Carolina, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 28, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 85
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Aberdeen, North Carolina (Moore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1966; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 5E, Line 85
- WARREN LEE CHRISTENSENPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- LESTER HOWARD CLEGGSpecialist Four · February 28, 1966
- WILLIAM FUCHS JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- FRANKLIN DELANO R GILBERTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
From Aberdeen
- CLIFTON WILLIAM HARRINGTONStaff Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD DAVID WILLIAMSTechnical Sergeant · December 25, 1967
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.