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GEORGE FRANCIS PERRY III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 16, 1946 – May 15, 1967
Service recordGeorge Francis Perry III, of New Castle, Delaware, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 16, 1946
- Home of record
- New Castle, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 3
- DAVID LEE KRIGHospitalman · May 15, 1967
- REINALDO SALVADOR ORTIZCorporal · May 15, 1967
- DONALD MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
- ROLAND ROLANDO RAMOSSergeant · May 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JACK MARSTON HARRISSergeant · Panel 19E, Line 127
- ARTHUR C MOURTGIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 2
From New Castle
- WILLIAM ALFRED POLLARDPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- PAUL F BRANYAN JRCorporal · December 10, 1967
- JEFFREY TYRONE CASSIDYSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MURPHYSergeant · February 16, 1970
- FRANCIS XAVIER GAWORSKISpecialist Four · April 10, 1970
- JOSEPH STANLEY TIDWELLPrivate First Class · January 17, 1971
- GERALD FRANCIS AYRESMajor · June 18, 1972
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.