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JOHN HARRY PERDUE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 22, 1946 – April 8, 1967
Service recordJohn Harry Perdue, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 127
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1967; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 127
- HIGINIO OVALLE OVIEDOPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- NATHAN EDDLOW PEACOCK JRStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1967
- JAMES WARDEN PELTIERPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR POPPPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LYNN ANTONPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 119
- KENNETH WAYNE BOAZPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 120
- BOHDAN KOWALSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 124
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
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.