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TERRILL GENE PETERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 10, 1947 – June 8, 1966
Service recordTerrill Gene Peterson, of New Brighton, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 10, 1947
- Home of record
- New Brighton, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 23
- JOHN RUSSELL OAKEYSpecialist Five · June 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE OGUINNPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL OLANDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- GEORGE R PENDYGRAFTPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LEROY CONNERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 19
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 20
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 20
- ARTHUR W DRYNANStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 20
- DEWEY LINDON FERGUSONSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 20
- AVERY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 20
- JORGE L FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 21
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · Panel 8E, Line 21
- DELANEY ERNEST MILLER JRPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 22
- JOHN RUSSELL OAKEYSpecialist Five · Panel 8E, Line 23
- GEORGE R PENDYGRAFTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 23
- FRANCIS CLAIR RUMMELStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 24
- MICHAEL ANTHONY SHARPPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 24
- PHILLIP ROBERT SMITHSpecialist Five · Panel 8E, Line 24
- JOSEPH TORZOKSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 24
From New Brighton
- ERLE LAWRENCE BJORKECaptain · October 15, 1967
- CHARLES OTTO SPILLMANPetty Officer First Class · February 28, 1968
- DARREL THOMAS SWANSONSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
- PAUL ARTHUR NELSONStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1969
- PAUL ROBERT EDMONDPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- WARREN STUART HALLSecond Lieutenant · January 17, 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.