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DON MELVIN PERDUE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 14, 1943 – May 25, 1967
Service recordDon Melvin Perdue, of Oceanside, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 106
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Metal Worker (1316)
- Born
- August 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Oceanside, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 106
- WALTER LOUIS QUEENCorporal · May 25, 1967
- GARY ALLEN RATHBUNSergeant · May 25, 1967
- JOSEPH A SICILIANO JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- JIMMIE SIDDALLLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
From Oceanside
- JOHN HARVEY HOEFFSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN HAYESSergeant Major · February 28, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON STUTESSergeant · September 10, 1967
- TUIOALELE T SUIAUNOASergeant First Class · January 30, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES GOSCHFirst Lieutenant · March 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS N MCKENZIE IICorporal · March 8, 1968
- VIANE SOFENI MISAPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- THOMAS SAMUEL ALFREDPrivate · April 23, 1968
- DANIEL RALPH BROPHYSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER GARCIAPrivate First Class · July 22, 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.