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THOMAS PAYNE PETERSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 5, 1947 – December 28, 1968
Service recordThomas Payne Peterson, of Seaford, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 86
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Seaford, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 86
- GERALD GREYDON MCGINLEYLance Corporal · December 28, 1968
- WILLIAM EDGAR MCGUIREStaff Sergeant · December 28, 1968
- STEVEN J PERRYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1968
- STEPHEN CHESTER PONTY JRSpecialist Four · December 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ANTOGNINI IIISergeant · Panel 36W, Line 83
- REID ERNEST GRAYSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 84
- JAMES BOYD ARTMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 85
From Seaford
- DANIEL GEORGE GLADDINGSergeant · May 9, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SWARTZSpecialist Four · March 18, 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.