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JOE FRANCISCO PEREZ JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 30, 1948 – June 25, 1968
Service recordJoe Francisco Perez JR, of Reedley, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 25, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 37
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- July 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Reedley, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 37
- ROBERT POWELLSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- MARVIN KENT ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- PHILLIP ROGERSSpecialist Five · June 25, 1968
- ARVI ROHTVALIWarrant Officer 1 · June 25, 1968
From Reedley
- TONY EIDDIE GABALDONPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- TERRY Y OGAMICorporal · February 20, 1968
- JOHN FRANK CANDELASPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- ROBERT ANDREW PORTEPrivate First Class · April 9, 1969
- MICHAEL ERNEST MATTASpecialist Four · April 11, 1969
- HERMAN HENRY HUEBNERSergeant · July 5, 1969
- FRANK RODRIQUEZ CORONASergeant · May 2, 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.