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GEORGE PETER PERKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 20, 1950 – May 15, 1969
Service recordGeorge Peter Perkins, of Shakopee, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Shakopee, Minnesota (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 19
- FLOYD CHARLES NEVINSSergeant · May 15, 1969
- DUANE WILLARD NYBLOMPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- JOSE LUIS OSUNACorporal · May 15, 1969
- NORRIS ARTHUR PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
From Shakopee
- RICHARD LEIGH COXPetty Officer Third Class · May 27, 1969
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.