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FREDERICK JOSEPH PERKINS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 25, 1949 – May 29, 1968
Service recordFrederick Joseph Perkins, of Somerville, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 11
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Somerville, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 11
- DONALD STEVEN PALMOREPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- ARTHUR M PARKER IIICaptain · May 29, 1968
- ROBERT KENT PERRYSpecialist Four · May 29, 1968
- JOHN DENIS PETERSCorporal · May 29, 1968
From Somerville
- THOMAS EDWARD MURRAYCorporal · December 29, 1965
- ROY JOHN HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- DANIEL BENJAMIN DUFFY JRCorporal · April 24, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID HOLDENSergeant · February 16, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SHALLAHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- CLARK ALAN MILLERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- KENNETH LAWRENCE GREENEPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate · August 9, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH MCNABBPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOHN DONALD KENNE MACLEANSergeant · February 4, 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.