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CARROLL WAYNE PERRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 9, 1947 – January 18, 1967
Service recordCarroll Wayne Perry, of Belton, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 50
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Belton, Texas (Bell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 50
- THOMAS LEROY NARUMCorporal · January 18, 1967
- DENNIS RAY ONEALPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- ROBERT LEE PROVENZANOSpecialist Four · January 18, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN SCANLONCorporal · January 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICKEY LEAROY GILLUMPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 48
- THOMAS ROBERT KEAVENEYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 49
From Belton
- WILLIAM WESLEY PIERCESpecialist Four · May 14, 1966
- THOMAS BOYD SHARPFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1967
- BILLY RAY BROWNSergeant · May 26, 1968
- JAMES DILLON WARDLOWPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- ALBERT CHARLES SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1970
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.