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GERALD LESLIE PERRY
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 23, 1942 – August 13, 1966
Service recordGerald Leslie Perry, of Bald Knob, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 13, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 23, 1942
- Home of record
- Bald Knob, West Virginia (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 1
- JOHN CABLE PETTY IISergeant · August 13, 1966
- HARRY V PHILLIPS JRMajor · August 13, 1966
- JAMES R RICEPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
- ROSARIO ROSA-SEINSpecialist Four · August 13, 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.