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ISRAEL PEREZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 19, 1944 – May 5, 1968
Service recordIsrael Perez, of Brownsville, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 24
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- September 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 24
- JIMMY RAY MOORECorporal · May 5, 1968
- KENNETH PORTER MORROWSergeant · May 5, 1968
- LOUIS HOWARD NELSONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- GLENN EDWARD NICHOLSONPlatoon Sergeant · May 5, 1968
From Brownsville
- GORDON ELDON GULLETTPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- ROBERTO ROCHA JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1966
- ALBERTO ANGEL AVALOSLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- DANIEL ZACHARY POST JRCorporal · July 31, 1966
- TEOFILO CARMONE RIOSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- FRANCISCO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- ANTONIO MORALES JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANTHONY PEREZPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- ABELARDO VERASergeant · March 20, 1968
- ATANACIO GOMEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 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.