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ROBERT CHARLES PEDA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 30, 1938 – April 7, 1968
Service recordRobert Charles Peda, of Kingston, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 46
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 30, 1938
- Home of record
- Kingston, New York (Ulster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 46
- JEARL RAY PATTENSpecialist Four · April 7, 1968
- JOHN FRANKLIN QUATTLEBAUMPrivate · April 7, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE RANSBOTTOMCorporal · April 7, 1968
- JOSEPH MAURICE REESPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ADKINSCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 38
- ROBERT L SAMUELSONSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 43
- ROBERT WALTER MCCASKEYMajor · Panel 48E, Line 44
- MICHAEL LEE RANSBOTTOMCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 46
- OTTO WILLIAM SEESergeant First Class · Panel 48E, Line 47
From Kingston
- CHARLES WILLIAM JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1967
- CHESTER JOSEPH JOYCorporal · May 16, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM TUBBYPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- MICHAEL PAUL SANTOROSKIPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- JOSEPH LEROY LONGPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- PETER MICHAEL DONOVANLance Corporal · August 31, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH SENORPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- STEPHEN ANDREW SHERLOCKPrivate First Class · April 2, 1969
- WALTER JOSEPH DART JRStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1969
- JAMES RUNDLE JRCorporal · June 7, 1969
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.