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DONALD HAROLD PERRICHON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 12, 1943 – November 20, 1965
Service recordDonald Harold Perrichon, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 12, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 104
- IVAN NOTEBOOMSpecialist Four · November 20, 1965
- KENNETH EUGENE SARGENTSergeant · November 20, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN TAYLOR IIISpecialist Four · November 20, 1965
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 102
- JOSEPH P MARAPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 103
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.