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ELMER JOSEPH PERRY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 10, 1944 – April 30, 1968
Service recordElmer Joseph Perry JR, of Odessa, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 21
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Odessa, Texas (Ector County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 21
- DONALD LEE PETERSONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- NORMAN IRA PHIPPSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD PIETSCHLieutenant Colonel · April 30, 1968
- SOREN PRIPLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
From Odessa
- JAMES EVERETT LANESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- BOBBY LYNN EATONLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- PHILLIP ARTHUR BRANNONLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- HARRY GILES BROCKPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- RANDALL DAVID JARRELLLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- RAY B DEBUSK JRLance Corporal · December 21, 1966
- CHARLES EARL FAGGETTStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1967
- ROGELIO SAUCEDOPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- REYNALDO SALINE FERNANDEZCorporal · May 19, 1967
- RUFUS RAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1967
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.