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GEORGE EVERETT PERRY III
Captain · U.S. Army
December 25, 1940 – June 17, 1966
Service recordGeorge Everett Perry III, of Falls Church, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1940
- Home of record
- Falls Church, Virginia (Falls Church (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 59
- MICHAEL VANCILPrivate First Class · June 17, 1966
- BARRY RONALD WALKERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1966
- LARRY EUGENE WASHBURNAirman Second Class · June 17, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE BUCKLERPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
From Falls Church
- LYELL FRANCIS KINGCaptain · February 18, 1966
- GEORGE EMILE HONSELance Corporal · January 8, 1967
- ERNEST MICHAEL BEAUCHAMPLance Corporal · March 4, 1967
- CHARLES CHRISTOPHER BONNETFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SUTTONLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WALTER TASMAN EADSPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- THOMAS FRANCIS REGANFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1967
- DARRELL RAYMOND UMHOLTZPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- PETER FRANCIS DONNELLFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1968
- DAVID FRANCIS STRICKLERCorporal · April 29, 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.