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DAVID LOUIS PERKETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 16, 1948 – January 16, 1968
Service recordDavid Louis Perkett, of Birmingham, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 4 BN 3 INF 11 LIB
- Born
- March 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 60
- HOMER EARL PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY REEDY JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 16, 1968
- HAROLD E STANTONStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH THOMPSONLieutenant Commander · January 16, 1968
From Birmingham
- SAMUEL GIZZI ORLANDOHospitalman Apprentice · March 4, 1966
- DAIN W MILLIMANMajor · November 10, 1966
- JOHN HENRY BOUDREAUCorporal · May 8, 1967
- JOHN EARLE KLETTHospitalman · September 21, 1967
- THOMAS MILTON THATCHERLance Corporal · September 24, 1967
- TERENCE RAYMOND ROACH JRSecond Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
- DONALD EDWARD ANGERMANPrivate First Class · April 27, 1968
- DAVID TERRENCE JUDDSergeant · August 23, 1968
- LARRY STEVEN WEILFirst Lieutenant · May 14, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER HUGH MARKEYSecond Lieutenant · January 6, 1970
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.