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HAL EDWARD PERRY
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
November 26, 1948 – March 9, 1970
Service recordHal Edward Perry, of Winter Park, Florida, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 100
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Winter Park, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 100
- WILLIAM JOSEPH FRANCISPrivate First Class · March 9, 1970
- ENCARNACION LEDESMAPrivate First Class · March 9, 1970
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCCARRONSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- REX LEWIS PARCELS JRLieutenant (junior grade) · March 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PERRY WONERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 102
From Winter Park
- JOHN LUCIUS HOUSTONSergeant · July 6, 1964
- GEOFFREY HOLMES OSBORNLieutenant (junior grade) · September 24, 1965
- TIMOTHY ANDREW VELTMANSpecialist Four · August 4, 1966
- JOE ALBERT CRUTCHERPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- GARY JOSEPH BELLPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- DAVIS FREEMAN BROWNPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- CHARLES CLARK IIFirst Lieutenant · October 7, 1968
- JAMES DAVID WRIGHT JRCorporal · March 22, 1969
- KENNETH LEROY WITHAMLance Corporal · March 27, 1969
- JOSEPH WOODARDCaptain · May 6, 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.