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RENOLD WILLIAM PETERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 27, 1947 – December 22, 1966
Service recordRenold William Peterson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 72
- PHILLIP HOWARD HESSLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- JAMES SHELTON HOLLISPrivate First Class · December 22, 1966
- GEORGE WALLACE JONESPrivate First Class · December 22, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE LAMBSpecialist Four · December 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GERALD LYNN GOODENPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 71
- JAMES SHELTON HOLLISPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 72
- GEORGE WALLACE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 72
- JOHN LEONARD SCHMECKERSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 73
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.