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HOMERO PEREZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 29, 1934 – December 1, 1967
Service recordHomero Perez, of Laredo, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 29, 1934
- Home of record
- Laredo, Texas (Webb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 22
- CARLOS AUGUSTO PEREZSergeant · December 1, 1967
- PHILLIP PAUL SUMMERSSpecialist Five · December 1, 1967
- MARVIN DALE BANARLance Corporal · December 2, 1967
- JACK PHILLIP BROADHEADStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1967
From Laredo
- HERIBERTO ARNALDO GARCIACaptain · November 8, 1964
- RODOLFO GUADALUPE GONZALEZSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- ALEJANDRO GARCIA JRSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- JAVIER ARTURO E SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- RAUL VILLASpecialist Four · May 9, 1967
- JORGE SOSAPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- JUAN JOSE GONZALEZPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- GUADALUPE MARTINEZSergeant First Class · November 17, 1967
- IGNACIO TORRES JRSergeant · November 18, 1967
- FLORENTINO CANTU JRSpecialist Four · February 21, 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.