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DAVID PEREZ
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 22, 1945 – June 17, 1969
Service recordDavid Perez, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 68
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 22, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 68
- ROBERT GEORGE NICHOLASPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- WAYNE LOUIS NOTHSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
- WILLIAM EARL PREWITTSergeant · June 17, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES REVELL IIIPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.