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CELSO A PEREZ
Captain · U.S. Army
May 14, 1936 – June 4, 1967
Service recordCelso A Perez, of Miami, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Portable Bridge Unit Commander (1342)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- May 14, 1936
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21E, Line 56
- MICHAEL DEAN GEORGESpecialist Four · June 4, 1967
- JAMES HARLEY OVERPECKPrivate First Class · June 4, 1967
- LARRY LEE PRICEPrivate · June 4, 1967
- LEWIS MERRITT ROBINSONLieutenant Colonel · June 4, 1967
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.