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ERNEST EUSTACE PEREZ
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1945 – June 30, 1966
Service recordErnest Eustace Perez, of Lone Pine, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 30, 1966, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Lone Pine, California (Inyo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1966; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 113
- WILLIAM ROBERT BUCKLEYStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- RONALD OREN PATTERSONSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- DANNY LE MOYNE SMITHPrivate · June 30, 1966
From Lone Pine
- DAVID LEIGH BURNETTSpecialist Four · April 5, 1969
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.