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CLYDE RANDOLPH PERRY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 16, 1947 – May 22, 1969
Service recordClyde Randolph Perry JR, of Bainbridge, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 78
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Materiel Storage And Handling Specialist (76V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Bainbridge, Georgia (Decatur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 78
- JOHN JOSEPH MCANDREWSSergeant · May 22, 1969
- DOUGLAS FILLEBROWN MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · May 22, 1969
- STEVEN DUANE PAXSONSergeant · May 22, 1969
- ERROL WAYNE PERREIRAPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
From Bainbridge
- STEPHEN LLOYD HALSTEADPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- ELLIS LOVINE FAIRCLOTHSpecialist Five · May 8, 1968
- ISAAC HARRISSergeant · September 12, 1968
- ANTHONY LEROY JENKINSStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1969
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.