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THOMAS LAWRENCE PETERSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 5, 1949 – November 24, 1968
Service recordThomas Lawrence Peterson, of Vancouver, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 51
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Vancouver, Washington (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 51
- TIMMY LARRY MILLERSergeant · November 24, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS NALLEYCorporal · November 24, 1968
- JOSE JUAN ORTIZ-NEGRONPrivate · November 24, 1968
- ISREAL DALLAS REEDSergeant First Class · November 24, 1968
From Vancouver
- ROY F HARBISONSpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH NUSSBAUMERCommander · October 26, 1966
- DONALD FREDRICK THULINPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- HOWARD LLOYD LEROY JRLance Corporal · April 8, 1967
- ROBERT ARNOLD METTERTCorporal · May 7, 1967
- MAURICE KARL MOCKPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- ROBERT PAUL DEGENPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- DELL COLEMAN ODEGARDCorporal · January 30, 1968
- HOWARD DAVID AKEHURSTLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- PRENTIS BARNEY BOYKIN JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
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.