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ELMER REID PERRY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 14, 1948 – March 5, 1970
Service recordElmer Reid Perry, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 86
- DENNIS HARLEN RILEYLance Corporal · March 5, 1970
- JOHNNY FRANKLIN ROACHConstructionman · March 5, 1970
- ROBERT PAGE ROSENBACHMajor · March 5, 1970
- DONALD CLAUDE TAYLORCorporal · March 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DAVID ANELLACorporal · Panel 13W, Line 83
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.