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CECIL CARRINGTON PERKINS JR
Captain · U.S. Army
January 26, 1946 – December 14, 1971
Service recordCecil Carrington Perkins JR, of Portsmouth, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 88
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Virginia (Portsmouth (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1971. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2W, Line 88
- GREGG NEYMAN HOLLINGERCaptain · December 14, 1971
- OTHA LEE PERRYChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 14, 1971
- ROBERT WILLIAMSSeaman · December 15, 1971
- WILLIAM BELL JRSpecialist Five · December 17, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DWIGHT AMOS BREMMERSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 87
- FLOYD DEAN CALDWELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 87
- OTHA LEE PERRYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 88
From Portsmouth
- NORMAN ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1965
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1966
- THOMAS HENRY RHODESPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- MILTON LEE VAUGHANPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · September 25, 1966
- MELVIN LEON SHERRELLSpecialist Four · December 13, 1966
- FRANK EARLE HARDYLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
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.