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JAMES BARNEY PERKINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 13, 1947 – September 8, 1970
Service recordJames Barney Perkins, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 47
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 47
- ROGER DEAN OTTOSpecialist Four · September 8, 1970
- CARL ROGER RAYMONDPetty Officer Third Class · September 8, 1970
- WALTER LEE STANKOSpecialist Four · September 8, 1970
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.