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TED BARNETT PETERSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 5, 1946 – April 6, 1967
Service recordTed Barnett Peterson, of Bartonville, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 113
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- August 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Bartonville, Illinois (Peoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 113
- RICHARD ERIC NEWTONCaptain · April 6, 1967
- ALFONSO ORTIZ-LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- HENRY EDWARD PATENAUDESergeant First Class · April 6, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH PAULSpecialist Four · April 6, 1967
From Bartonville
- KENNETH RAY BRINKERSpecialist Four · April 18, 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.