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WILLIAM GERALD PEELER
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 5, 1932 – September 22, 1968
Service recordWilliam Gerald Peeler, of Arcola, Illinois, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 65
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 Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 5, 1932
- Home of record
- Arcola, Illinois (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; six of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 65
- CHARLIE LOPEZ PARTIDAPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- HENRY RICHARDSON PHILLIPSCaptain · September 22, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD PRIESTHOFF IICorporal · September 22, 1968
- GREGORY WAYNE RODGERSPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT HENRY BUEHLERPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 60
- ROBERT JOHN BYRNESStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 61
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HOUSTONCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 63
- SAMUEL ROSAS-SANZPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 66
- WILLIAM WAYNE VANMATERSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 67
From Arcola
- JACK LEON SHAFFERSergeant · December 29, 1966
- WILLIAM O LASSITER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · May 9, 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.