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ROBERT BRUCE PETERSEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 10, 1945 – October 18, 1967
Service recordRobert Bruce Petersen, of Puyallup, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 38
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Puyallup, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 38
- ROBERT EDWARD PITTMANSpecialist Four · September 28, 1966
- ANTHONY PEREZPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- ALLEN JAYSON ROYLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES SIGSBEEPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES STEWART KELLSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 36
- OWEN C KELLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 36
From Puyallup
- RICHARD ANDREW ALMMajor · February 1, 1966
- STEVEN MARTY SMITHPrivate First Class · April 4, 1966
- LANCE JOSEPH CLEVELANDPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- TIMOTHY E WORKMANSpecialist Five · January 18, 1967
- GARY HENRY FORSLieutenant Colonel · December 22, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE SWALLEYSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- MARK OWEN CHARETTESergeant · April 6, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL MIOTKECorporal · August 17, 1969
- RONALD FRANK HOPKINSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1970
- MARK ALLEN MATTERPrivate First Class · October 1, 1970
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.