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GEORGE EDWARD PERRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 29, 1942 – June 14, 1966
Service recordGeorge Edward Perry, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 48
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1942
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 48
- RONALD MATTHEW PADILLALance Corporal · June 14, 1966
- JOSEPH EARL SHEARINFirst Sergeant · June 14, 1966
- THOMAS EARL CARNEYCaptain · June 15, 1966
- ROBERT HOWARD CARR JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.