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WILLIAM DONN PETERSEN
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 6, 1936 – November 15, 1967
Service recordWilliam Donn Petersen, of Boise, Idaho, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 102
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 6, 1936
- Home of record
- Boise, Idaho (Ada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 102
- DONALD LAWRENCE RICHARDSPrivate First Class · November 15, 1967
- JOHNNY ALLEN SIGURDSONSecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1967
- OTIS THOMAS SMITHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
- WALTER A TASHNERSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT P CASPERSEN IISpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 98
- ORVILLE CAUDILLSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 99
- DAVID IRA HARNERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 100
- WILLIAM GEORGE NUEBEL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 101
- JOHNNY ALLEN SIGURDSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 29E, Line 102
- WALTER A TASHNERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 102
- ROBERT ALLEN WELLER IICorporal · Panel 29E, Line 103
- FRANK A WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 103
From Boise
- JESSE DONALD PHELPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- JERRY DUANE ESTESLance Corporal · February 6, 1966
- CLYDE ARTHUR CROWStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- GARY JACK FOSTERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- BRUCE ROLLA BENNETTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- ROBERT ALLAN POWELLPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM RONALD BEASLEYFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1966
- LLOYD BRUCE JENSENSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- FLOYD GWEN SAVELLSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS VOLKCaptain · April 21, 1967
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.