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PETER WILLIAM BOORAS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 7, 1946 – August 22, 1966
Service recordPeter William Booras, of Watertown, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 22, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 25
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Watertown, New York (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 25
- WILTON PAUL LEBOUEFSpecialist Four · August 21, 1966
- FELIX RICO RAMOS JRLance Corporal · August 21, 1966
- WILFORD LESLIE SPRINKLESCorporal · August 21, 1966
- HERMAN ROBERT ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
From Watertown
- JOSEF S HUWYLERWarrant Officer 1 · October 21, 1965
- SAMUEL HENRY GRAHAM IISergeant · April 27, 1966
- JOHN STEPHEN SAYERFirst Lieutenant · December 10, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS MARTINLieutenant Colonel · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM JEFFREY MULDOVANLance Corporal · March 7, 1968
- JAMES HENRY JESSMANPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- GREGORY JAMES KELLOGGLance Corporal · September 2, 1968
- DAVID PAUL HALPINFireman · September 28, 1968
- DAVID WALTER WILSONSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY SINCLAIR JRSergeant · December 31, 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.