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GORDON DEAN PERRY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 22, 1949 – May 30, 1969
Service recordGordon Dean Perry, of Morgantown, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 30, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 23
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- November 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Morgantown, West Virginia (Monongalia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1969; five 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 23W, Line 23
- THOMAS CHARLES PIGGSpecialist Four · May 30, 1969
- DONALD PAUL SEBURG JRSpecialist Four · May 30, 1969
- CRAIG MICHAEL SIMEONEPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- ROBERT LEE WATTPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
From Morgantown
- JAMES HOWARD SAWYERPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- WILBERT HERSHELL JOHNSONSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DAVID ALLAN KOVACLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
- ROGER ALLEN BISESpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- JAMES CARL THOMASLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- MAJOR ROY DALTON JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD MESSENGERSergeant · July 15, 1967
- PAUL STEPHEN GOGGINLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT SULLIVAN HOSKINSPrivate First Class · May 1, 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.