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CARLOS AUGUSTO PEREZ
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 1, 1932 – December 1, 1967
Service recordCarlos Augusto Perez, of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 1, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 22
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 1, 1932
- Home of record
- Aguadilla, Puerto Rico (Aguadilla County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 22
- HOMERO PEREZStaff Sergeant · December 1, 1967
- PHILLIP PAUL SUMMERSSpecialist Five · December 1, 1967
- MARVIN DALE BANARLance Corporal · December 2, 1967
- JACK PHILLIP BROADHEADStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1967
From Aguadilla
- LUIS A LICIAGA-CONCEPCIONSergeant · December 28, 1965
- FELIPE BONILLA-VIERASergeant First Class · February 24, 1966
- WILFREDO PUMAREJO-COLONSpecialist Four · August 23, 1967
- JOSE RODRIGUEZ-ACEVEDOCorporal · March 2, 1968
- RAFAEL SANCHEZ-SALIVAMajor · May 17, 1968
- DAVID GOMEZ-BADILLOCorporal · March 2, 1969
- EDWIN ROMAN-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · May 26, 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.