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RICHARD EUGENE PETERS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 9, 1944 – October 23, 1965
Service recordRichard Eugene Peters, of Bourbon, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 23, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 132
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle (Aav) Repairer/Technician (2141)
- Born
- October 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Bourbon, Indiana (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 132
- JOHN WEGER JRCaptain · October 22, 1965
- LEANDER GRIFFINSergeant · October 23, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- NORMAN ALEXIUS LEIKAMMajor · October 23, 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.