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Marine Corps Sgt. Lawrence D. Peters, Medal of Honor recipient.
Episode 2758 of the Vietnam Veteran News Podcast will feature a story about Marine Corps Sgt. Lawrence Peters and his Congressional Medal of Honor award. The featured story comes from The U.S. Department of Defense website and was titled: Medal of Honor Monday: Marine Corps Sgt. Lawrence Peters. It was submitted by Katie Lange, the outstanding writer for DOD News.
Lange, in her story, reported that when you’re in charge during battle, you do whatever you can to keep your comrades safe. Marine Corps Sgt. Lawrence David Peters led a squad of men as they fought their way out of a firefight in Vietnam. He didn’t survive the ordeal, but his grace, leadership and bravery earned him the Medal of Honor.
Lange added this about Taylor; he was born Sept. 16, 1946, in Johnson City, New York, to Clyde and Mildred Peters. He had three brothers and two sisters who called him Larry.
Peters’ parents said he’d wanted to be a Marine since he was a child, so during the fall of his senior year of high school, he enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve. Peters was assigned to the 48th Rifle Company out of nearby Binghamton, New York.
After Peters graduated from Binghamton North High School in 1964, he went right into the Marines. He completed all his training by the end of the year, then went back to serve with the 48th in Binghamton until he was discharged and transferred to the active-duty Marines in January 1966.
In May of that year, Peters volunteered to go to Vietnam with the 3rd Marine Division, where he served as a squad leader and non-commissioned officer in charge of the Combined Action Company.
Peters returned from his deployment in the spring of 1967. He re-enlisted for another tour and went back to Vietnam that May. By July 1967, he was a squad leader with Company M of the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division.
Listen to episode 2758 and discover more about Marine Corps Sgt. Lawrence Peters and his Congressional Medal of Honor award honors.
