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ESPIRIDION PEREZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 5, 1939 – April 30, 1969
Service recordEspiridion Perez, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 86
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 5, 1939
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1969; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 86
- MICHAEL ESPY METOYERLance Corporal · April 30, 1969
- MICHAEL MIRANDAPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- JOHN WOODROW OSBORNEStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1969
- DAVID PAUL ROYPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 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.