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DAVID DRAKE PERKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 20, 1943 – October 11, 1966
Service recordDavid Drake Perkins, of Coolidge, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Coolidge, Arizona (Pinal County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 67
- BRYANT RUSSELL POWELLPrivate First Class · October 11, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN BARRETTLance Corporal · October 12, 1966
- ROBERT ERVA BERRYLance Corporal · October 12, 1966
- REGIS PETER DEBOLDLance Corporal · October 12, 1966
From Coolidge
- JOSE MARIA VASQUEZPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- DUDNEY NELSON ARLENTINOSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
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.