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RUSSELL JAMES PEEK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 3, 1947 – July 2, 1966
Service recordRussell James Peek, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 121
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 121
- GARY LEE NEWPORTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- FRANK OGBURN JRPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- JAY WILLARD REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- RAYMOND LEE RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES B BARTLETTSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 117
- GERALD LEROY BERGPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 117
- HANSEL BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 118
- DENNIS LEE BURTONSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 118
- ANTHONY CAPRIGLIONEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 118
- CHARLES LOUIS CHATMONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 118
- ELIAZAR EFRIEN GARZAPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 119
- DAVID EDWIN HERBERTCorporal · Panel 8E, Line 119
- MICHAEL FRANCIS JACKSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 119
- BERNARD EUGENE CURTISPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 120
- JOHN EDWARD HOPKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 120
- CHARLES VINCENT HOWARDSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 120
- LINWOOD BROOKS KRUGPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 120
- GARY LEE NEWPORTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- FRANK OGBURN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- JAY WILLARD REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- RAYMOND LEE RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- JAMES EDWARD VAUSESpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 122
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 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.