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ERNEST MANUEL PERRY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 16, 1944 – April 24, 1969
Service recordErnest Manuel Perry JR, of Warwick, Rhode Island, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 41
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- December 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Warwick, Rhode Island (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 41
- DARWIN DALE MCGEESpecialist Four · April 24, 1969
- RANDALL RUGGSPrivate First Class · April 24, 1969
- JERRY MICHAEL SHRIVERMaster Sergeant · April 24, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH WAGNERPrivate · April 24, 1969
From Warwick
- RICHARD ALAN JURCAKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES STERLINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES STANLEYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- KENNETH BRADFORD GOFF JRMajor · August 24, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM COTTENIERLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOHN BRYANT HEADLEYCorporal · November 2, 1967
- LEO PAUL DUNSMORECorporal · February 12, 1968
- ALFRED LEONARD TRIPPCaptain · July 25, 1968
- JOSEPH THOMAS PIGEON JRSergeant · August 21, 1968
- JAMES LEO WARNERSergeant First Class · September 21, 1968
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.