Name: 1LT William Lee Peters, Jr.
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 06/21/1969 while performing the duty of Aircraft Commander.
Age at death: 26.3
Date of Birth: 03/05/1943
Home City: Ft Dodge, IA
Service: reserve component of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Unit: HMM-165
Service: U.S. Marine Corps.
The Wall location: 22W-107
Aircraft: CH-46D tail number 154811
Service number: 0102208
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 7562 = Pilot CH-46 Qualified
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
Started Tour: 11/27/1968
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Length of service: 03
Location: Quang Nam Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Protestant - no denominational preference
Burial information: ELMWOOD CEMETERY, DE WITT, IA
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