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JOHN ANTHONY PEREZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 23, 1950 – May 13, 1969
Service recordJohn Anthony Perez, of Dededo, Guam, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 109
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Dededo, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 109
- LARRY IVAN BROADHEADCaptain · May 10, 1969
- GEORGE WILLIAM PICKELPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVID POOLE JRPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD RAYSergeant First Class · May 13, 1969
- MICHAEL ROBERT ROSSCaptain · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- REX CHARLES ALLREDSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 92
- JAMES LEE BLANTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 94
- THOMAS EUGENE FOSTERSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 99
- PAUL VENON GOODWINCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 100
From Dededo
- DAVID GUERRERO BENAVENTEStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1965
- JUAN DUENAS CEPEDASergeant · July 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD ANDER SANTOSSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- JAMES LUJAN BLAZLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- DONALD SUMINGUIT CARTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
- EUGENE RAYMOND RIPPELSpecialist Four · July 21, 1969
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.