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JOHN PERRY MALLOY
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
November 14, 1948 – March 21, 1970
Service recordJohn Perry Malloy, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 30
- JOHN THOMAS GUTEKUNSTSergeant · March 21, 1970
- EDWARD MONROE HUDGENSMajor · March 21, 1970
- ROBERT MICHAEL KELLYSergeant · March 21, 1970
- THOMAS WAYNE UNDERWOODStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT MICHAEL KELLYSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 30
- FREDDIE D MIZESergeant · Panel 12W, Line 32
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.