Name: LT Dennis William Peterson
Status: Body Not Recovered from an incident on 07/19/1967 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 28.1
Date of Birth: 06/28/1939
Home City: Huntington Park, CA
Service: regular component of the U.S. Navy.
Unit: HS-2
Service: U.S. Navy.
The Wall location: 23E-092
Short Summary: North Vietnam. See Frye and crewmen Jackson and McCrane.
Aircraft: SH-3A tail number 151538
Service number: 660896
Country: North Vietnam
MOS: 1310 = Unrestricted Line Officer (Pilot)
Primary cause: NVN-BNR
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Length of service: 04
Military grid coordinates of event: WH814646
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - died while missing
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Protestant - no denominational preference
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