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CLAUDE PERRY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 1, 1949 – September 14, 1968
Service recordClaude Perry, of Pathfork, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 59
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Pathfork, Kentucky (Harlan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 59
- DONALD ALTON OBEYPrivate · September 14, 1968
- ROBERT PARKERLance Corporal · September 14, 1968
- JOHN THEODORE PETERSLance Corporal · September 14, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE PLUMMERSpecialist Four · September 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CARY FRANCIS MCAFEECaptain · Panel 44W, Line 58
- RICHARD EUGENE PLUMMERSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 59
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.