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DONALD LEE PERRY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 23, 1948 – October 26, 1968
Service recordDonald Lee Perry, of Taft, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Taft, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 38
- MARLOWE EUGENE KEELSSpecialist Four · October 26, 1968
- ANTHONY JAMES LASKOWSKIPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- ABEL LUNAAirman First Class · October 26, 1968
- STEVEN ALLEN MATHERSSergeant · October 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CARROLL JAMES BAILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 36
- WILLIAM GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 39
From Taft
- HARRY EUGENE THOMASCommander · August 13, 1965
- LARRY STANLEY PIERCEStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1965
- CHESTER LAVERN OBRIEN JRLance Corporal · March 5, 1966
- RALPH LEROY KEELERPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
- DENNIS PAUL WRIGHTAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- FRANK ALLEN OSTERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- DENNIS EARL DYERSergeant · May 17, 1968
- DONALD WARREN MORRISCorporal · July 6, 1968
- JOHN RAYMOND TAYLORCorporal · June 3, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE RASEYSpecialist Four · July 26, 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.