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ROY KEITH PETERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 29, 1948 – August 22, 1969
Service recordRoy Keith Peterson, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 97
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 29, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 97
- PHILLIP GLEN MCCALLPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- JAMES ELMER MCWHORTERLance Corporal · August 22, 1969
- JEFFREY CHARLES PETERSONSergeant · August 22, 1969
- DERWIN BROOKE PITTSSergeant · August 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JACKIE DEAN BIRD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 91
- ALBERT JOSEPH CARRIER IIISpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 91
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.