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DENNIS MITCHELL PERRY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 19, 1945 – July 2, 1967
Service recordDennis Mitchell Perry, of Perry, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 2, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 112
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Perry, Georgia (Houston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 112
- TEX DELANO PATRICKStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1967
- RAY DANIEL PENDERGRAFTMajor · July 2, 1967
- FRANKLIN HAMILTON PENNPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- STEVEN JAMES POWERSPrivate · July 2, 1967
From Perry
- MILLARD LEROY WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- ROY HUDSONLance Corporal · January 31, 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.