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CLYDE J PERKINS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 3, 1944 – November 3, 1966
Service recordClyde J Perkins, of Rolling Fork, Mississippi, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 15
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Rolling Fork, Mississippi (Sharkey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 15
- LARRY LEE LIBBEEPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID MONFOREPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- DALE ALLEN PERKINSSecond Lieutenant · November 3, 1966
- GARY LEE REAMLance Corporal · November 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDGAR HUNTER BEASLEYCorporal · Panel 12E, Line 12
- RANDOLPH DAVISSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 12
- RICCARDO BURTON DICKERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 13
- FREDERICK HOWARD HENDERSONCaptain · Panel 12E, Line 14
- SAMUEL K SOLOMON JRFirst Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 16
- MILBURN HINES STARNESSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 16
From Rolling Fork
- JOHNNY B BOSTONPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOFFMANLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- GEORGE F WALLACE JRPrivate First Class · November 5, 1968
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.