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ANDREW PERRY JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 8, 1947 – June 6, 1968
Service recordAndrew Perry JR, of East St Louis, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1947
- Home of record
- East St Louis, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 9
- ALFRED MCCULLOUGHPlatoon Sergeant · June 6, 1968
- NORMAN LAFOREST MCKENNEYPetty Officer Second Class · June 6, 1968
- LARRY HAROLD MORGANSpecialist Five · June 6, 1968
- WILLIAM T MORRIS IIILieutenant (junior grade) · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALAN ACKERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 24
- DENNIS ARCHIBALDSpecialist Four · Panel 60W, Line 24
- LEE RANDALL BUSHPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 26
- ELIGIO RICE GONZALES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 59W, Line 2
- FRANKLIN WERNER HOOPS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 5
- JAMES MAY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 7
- RICHARD JOSEPH RUDOLPHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59W, Line 13
- CHARLES WALLACE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 15
- JOHN PATRICK THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 16
- JAMES KENNETH WHEELERSpecialist Six · Panel 59W, Line 17
- JAMES SCHENLER WOODFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59W, Line 18
From East St Louis
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- MICHAEL K MATHISONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ARBAL ROLLINS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.