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RICHARD W PETERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 27, 1945 – December 18, 1965
Service recordRichard W Peterson, of West Covina, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 27, 1945
- Home of record
- West Covina, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 25
- WILLIAM DION MCKILLOPPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- JOSEPH ELWIN NIMIROSKICorporal · December 18, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM PORTERCorporal · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALLEN GRAYSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 23
- SAMMIE GRIFFINPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 23
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 23
- JOSEPH PAUL YATSKO JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 27
From West Covina
- JOEL MICHAEL SABELCorporal · July 10, 1967
- LOUIS ZANE SILVERIILance Corporal · December 3, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH COOKPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- DAVID HUGH LALICHCorporal · June 11, 1968
- GEORGE STEPHEN JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- WILLIAM LODI NEGRINICorporal · May 6, 1969
- HAROLD ROY CHRISTENSENSergeant · June 19, 1969
- JOHN JAMES WILLEYStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
- BERT MARRION GUENTHER JRSergeant · November 15, 1970
- DOUGLAS BRIAN KENTSergeant · January 5, 1971
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.