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Peter Mathew Guenette

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Peter Mathew Guenette

Birth
Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Death
18 May 1968 (aged 20)
Vietnam
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Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
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Vietnam War Medal of Honor Recipient was trained as a machine gunner and reached the rank of Specialist 4. He was killed in action while assigned to Co. D, 2nd Battalion, 506th Inf., 3rd brigade. While heavily engaged with an enemy unit in the QuanTanUyen Province, Peter and his assistant gunner and two other soldiers were laying down suppression fire when an enemy grenade landed next to Peter. At the age of 20 he made the decision to jump on top of the grenade allowing his body to absorb the blast thus saving his fellow soldiers.
Vietnam War Medal of Honor Recipient was trained as a machine gunner and reached the rank of Specialist 4. He was killed in action while assigned to Co. D, 2nd Battalion, 506th Inf., 3rd brigade. While heavily engaged with an enemy unit in the QuanTanUyen Province, Peter and his assistant gunner and two other soldiers were laying down suppression fire when an enemy grenade landed next to Peter. At the age of 20 he made the decision to jump on top of the grenade allowing his body to absorb the blast thus saving his fellow soldiers.

Bio by: Toni Mantey

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MEDAL OF HONOR
SP4 US ARMY VIETNAM
IOIST AIRBORNE DIVISION

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  • Added: Dec 22, 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7028091/peter_mathew-guenette: accessed ), memorial page for Peter Mathew Guenette (4 Jan 1948–18 May 1968), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7028091, citing Saint Johns Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.