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JESUS RAMON PEREZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 16, 1946 – June 24, 1968
Service recordJesus Ramon Perez, of Kingsville, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 30
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Kingsville, Texas (Kleberg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 30
- CHARLES C PEDRICK IICorporal · June 24, 1968
- RICHARD SHARON POHLColonel · June 24, 1968
- BOBBY RAY PORCHIASpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
- MICHAEL GUY THOMPSONCorporal · June 24, 1968
From Kingsville
- HENRY C LEEStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1967
- ANTONIO VARGAS GARCIASergeant · August 10, 1968
- WAYNE CLARENCE ELLEDGEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- HARRY W WICKERSHAM JRFirst Lieutenant · November 10, 1968
- DANIEL TELLEZPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- ALBERTO GUTIERREZ CORTEZPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- NORMAN DWANE AUTENChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 18, 1969
- RAMON MOYA JRSergeant · May 12, 1970
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.