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ROBERT ALAN PEACH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 20, 1945 – June 22, 1966
Service recordRobert Alan Peach, of Skokie, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Skokie, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 76
- WILLIAM MARTIN KELLYPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- WILLIAM LUTZPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- LARRY LEE PAGEPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- ROBERT LEE REYNOLDS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES E FULLERPrivate · Panel 8E, Line 74
- WILLIAM MARTIN KELLYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 76
- BILLY EDWARD STEVENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 77
- NATHANIEL WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 78
From Skokie
- ANDREW HARRY SHIMPSpecialist Five · June 9, 1967
- SHELDON BORIS SCHULMANFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN MACHACEKLance Corporal · December 10, 1967
- PAUL ALAN STENDERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- GERALD F PELZMANNFirst Lieutenant · February 5, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD GIRSCHSergeant · April 5, 1968
- ROBERT M PRESS JRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1968
- TERENCE FRANCIS COURTNEYCaptain · May 2, 1972
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.