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ROBERT WALKER PETERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 11, 1948 – July 8, 1969
Service recordRobert Walker Peterson, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 85
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 85
- JIM CAREY PAGEStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1969
- HERBERT LEE PHELPSSergeant · July 8, 1969
- JOHN SHEPARD REAVES JRSergeant · July 8, 1969
- RUSSELL ALBERT SCHWARTZSpecialist Four · July 8, 1969
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.