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RUSSELL GEORGE PETERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 10, 1947 – April 20, 1968
Service recordRussell George Peterson, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 12
- WARREN CECIL PARSONS JRCorporal · April 20, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD QUILLEN JRPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- JOHN ARLINGTON RODGERSSpecialist Four · April 20, 1968
- ROBERT BRUCE THOMPSONCorporal · April 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN BRYAN THOMPSONSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 13
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.