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DONALD ROBERT PERKINS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 12, 1950 – April 10, 1970
Service recordDonald Robert Perkins JR, of Wadsworth, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Wadsworth, Ohio (Medina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 119
- FRANCIS JOSEPH OREILLYPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
- ALFRED N POTTERSergeant · April 10, 1970
- CHARLES ALAN PURSELLCorporal · April 10, 1970
- RICHARD LEE WHITEMANSpecialist Five · April 10, 1970
From Wadsworth
- DARRELL LEE REIDSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE BOWMANSergeant · January 2, 1968
- PAUL JOHN BACHMANCorporal · February 6, 1968
- DANIEL KIETH CHRISTIANLance Corporal · April 16, 1968
- DAVID CHARLES FERGUSONSecond Lieutenant · March 5, 1969
- DAVID ARTHUR MITCHELLPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- JAMES HENRY HUFFLance Corporal · April 3, 1969
- RONALD LEE VANDUZERCorporal · June 23, 1969
- JAMES ROGER CLARKPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- SIDNEY EARL ROHLERCorporal · March 28, 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.