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STEPHEN RUSSELL PETERSON
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
November 28, 1935 – April 23, 1969
Service recordStephen Russell Peterson, of Newhall, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 34
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 28, 1935
- Home of record
- Newhall, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1969; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 34
- GARY PRESTON NEIMANSpecialist Four · April 23, 1969
- DENNIS JERROD OLIVERPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
- DARNELL MILTON PAYNEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
- KENNETH RALPH PEDERSENPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JULIAN WINSLOW BERGSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 30
- ALLAN DOUGLAS EYLERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 26W, Line 31
- ROGER DALE CURTISSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 33
- THOMAS JAMES WATTSSpecialist Five · Panel 26W, Line 37
From Newhall
- ELMER ROBERT LEE ABLES JRSergeant First Class · October 26, 1967
- BRUCE WAYNE STLOUISPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- CARL LEONARD RADTKEFirst Lieutenant · March 2, 1969
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.