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CHARLES LEON PERRY
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
September 8, 1943 – May 4, 1968
Service recordCharles Leon Perry, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 4, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 39
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117
- Born
- September 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 39
- DONALD EDWARD NIPPERSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- DEMPSEY WOODROW PARROTTSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- ROBERT GLEN PRICESecond Lieutenant · May 4, 1968
- JACK EDWARD REYNOLDSLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 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.