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THOMAS WAYNE PETERSON
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
September 30, 1945 – May 26, 1968
Service recordThomas Wayne Peterson, of Lake Wales, Florida, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 66W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66W · Line 10
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- September 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Lake Wales, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; 33 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 66W, Line 10
- MITCHELL LEE MCGUIRESpecialist Four · May 26, 1968
- HERCULES LEE MOORELance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- JIMMY LEE MOORELance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- MICHAEL MURPHYLance Corporal · May 26, 1968
From Lake Wales
- SEEBER J KELLYPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- RUDY AVON CARNLEYSpecialist Four · May 29, 1969
- WALTER LEE REDDINGPrivate First Class · August 11, 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.