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ERROL WAYNE PERREIRA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 26, 1947 – May 22, 1969
Service recordErrol Wayne Perreira, of Hilo, Hawaii, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 78
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Hilo, Hawaii (Hawaii County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 78
- JOHN JOSEPH MCANDREWSSergeant · May 22, 1969
- DOUGLAS FILLEBROWN MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · May 22, 1969
- STEVEN DUANE PAXSONSergeant · May 22, 1969
- CLYDE RANDOLPH PERRY JRSpecialist Four · May 22, 1969
From Hilo
- CHARLES MAHELONA IOPACorporal · September 10, 1965
- DELMORE BYRON NERVEZASpecialist Five · December 6, 1965
- KAORU HONDASpecialist Five · September 3, 1967
- FRED KAWAILANI MAS HATADASpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- STEVEN ROSS WOLTERPetty Officer Third Class · March 31, 1968
- KENYU SHIMABUKUROGunnery Sergeant · August 22, 1968
- RODNEY TAMOTSU FUKUNAGACorporal · April 9, 1969
- LARRY GENE LEOPOLDINOSpecialist Four · April 25, 1969
- MICHAEL SEIJI NAKASHIMASpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- ALBERTO MILAR JRSergeant · September 7, 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.