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CASEY CLAYTON PERRY
Private · U.S. Army
December 28, 1951 – October 12, 1970
Service recordCasey Clayton Perry, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 28, 1951
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 129
- JOHN STUART HUNTCorporal · October 12, 1970
- DONNIE RICHARD MARTINCorporal · October 12, 1970
- WILLIAM ALLEN NEUPrivate First Class · October 12, 1970
- FRANCIS EDWARD POWERS JRCaptain · October 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ANDREW SPENCE IIISpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 130
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.