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CHARLIE PERKINS JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 7, 1945 – August 19, 1968
Service recordCharlie Perkins JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 3
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 3
- HERMAN GARFIELD PAYNEPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- THOMAS LEROY POLLARDMajor · August 19, 1968
- ROBERT BUCK PURTELLSergeant · August 19, 1968
- RICHARD RAMIREZ JRPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY CECIL BAIZEPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 51
- JAMES ALVIN PACESergeant · Panel 47W, Line 2
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.