Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: B Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 21-Oct-1950
Hometown: Sinclairville, New York
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 12-Jun-1968
Start of tour: 4-Jun-1969
Incident date: 22-Aug-1969
Date of casualty: 22-Aug-1969
Age at death: 18
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Killed In Action. Other explosive device. Explosive Device.
Peter Alan Kidd was a gunner on tank on combat operation when individual was hit by fragments from friendly M79 round directed at hostile force.
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam, XU 766 137
Place of interment: Sunset Hill Cemetery, Lakewood, New York, USA
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