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JOHN WHILDEN PERICH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 29, 1947 – July 22, 1966
Service recordJohn Whilden Perich, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 22, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 58
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
- March 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1966; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 58
- MITCHELL EDWARD COXLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- JOHN JAMES FLEMINGPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD LANORELance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- DORRIS EDWARD PATTONSecond Lieutenant · July 22, 1966
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
- ROBERT JESS CALVILLOCorporal · February 28, 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.