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ANTONE PERRY JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 18, 1944 – December 23, 1966
Service recordAntone Perry JR, of Union City, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 23, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 74
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Damage Controlman (DC)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- December 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Union City, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13E, Line 74
- STEPHEN ERNEST DUKEHARTPrivate · December 23, 1966
- BROWNIE HALLStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- JOHN STERLING HALLLance Corporal · December 23, 1966
- ARTHUR WILLIAM KERNSPrivate · December 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS LEE TIGLASFireman Apprentice · Panel 13E, Line 76
From Union City
- JESSE SANCHEZSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- PETER ACOSTA MENDOZAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- MICHAEL PATRICK MAKUCKSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- ROBERT MARTIN YSGUERRAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- RALPH DORMAN STORMCorporal · July 27, 1969
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.