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WALTER ARNOLD PETERSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 5, 1950 – December 13, 1969
Service recordWalter Arnold Peterson JR, of Mora, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 54
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Mora, Minnesota (Kanabec County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 54
- TIMOTHY JOE MCCREIGHTSpecialist Four · December 13, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN MCINTYRECorporal · December 13, 1969
- GARY THOMAS PHILLIPSSergeant · December 13, 1969
- RICHARD HALL BRIGHTLance Corporal · December 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE GORDON GUSTAFSONPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 53
- JAMES EDWIN MELVIN JRSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 53
From Mora
- VERNELL DWIGHT CARLSONPrivate First Class · December 26, 1966
- TERRY JAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 25, 1968
- LARRY RUSSELL GILBERTSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 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.