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STEPHEN FREDERICK PETERS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 15, 1942 – October 26, 1967
Service recordStephen Frederick Peters, of Malvern, Arkansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 76
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
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Malvern, Arkansas (Hot Spring County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 28E, Line 76
- DANIEL PETER KEE IIIPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
- JOHN GEORGE ORSINOPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
- DONALD GWYN OSBORNESergeant · October 26, 1967
- STEVEN ADRIAN SMITHLance Corporal · October 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ELMER ROBERT LEE ABLES JRSergeant First Class · Panel 28E, Line 71
- JOSEPH ROBERT BECK JRSpecialist Five · Panel 28E, Line 72
- JOHN OLIN COOPER IIIMajor · Panel 28E, Line 73
From Malvern
- JERRY WILSON HARMONSpecialist Four · June 3, 1966
- CLIFFORD N MIZEStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1967
- CHARLES CLIFTON MANN JRSergeant · November 5, 1968
- ROBERT PRESTON ENGLISHCorporal · December 8, 1968
- JERRY DUNLAPSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- DANIEL MACOM HEDGESPrivate First Class · September 13, 1970
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.