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ASCENSION ROSALES PEREZ
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 24, 1930 – June 13, 1970
Service recordAscension Rosales Perez, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 13, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 52
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 24, 1930
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1970
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 52
- GARY LYNN GRIMESLance Corporal · June 13, 1970
- DONNIE RAY SIZEMOREPrivate First Class · June 13, 1970
- JAMES PAUL YOUNGStaff Sergeant · June 13, 1970
- CHARLES ALLEN BROOKSSpecialist Four · June 14, 1970
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.