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WARREN GARY PETERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 2, 1947 – February 10, 1966
Service recordWarren Gary Peterson, of Stanwood, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Stanwood, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 23
- ERNST PHILIP KIEFEL JRColonel · February 10, 1966
- M L MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · February 10, 1966
- TEOFILO CASTILLO PIMENTELSergeant First Class · February 10, 1966
- JOHN SARGEANT VOEGTLIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN SARGEANT VOEGTLIPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 23
From Stanwood
- FRANK LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- GEORGE MICHAEL BROZSecond Lieutenant · December 27, 1967
- JACOB CLARK LAANSpecialist Four · March 3, 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.