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JOSE MANUEL PEREZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 10, 1948 – July 28, 1970
Service recordJose Manuel Perez, of Brownsville, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 63
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 63
- ALAN KEITH BARTONPrivate First Class · July 28, 1970
- DICKIE CARSON CURRYPrivate First Class · July 28, 1970
- OTIS CLEVELAND MORGANMajor · July 28, 1970
- BOYD LEROY SHOOKCorporal · July 28, 1970
- ROBERT WAYNE TAYLORSergeant · July 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM BERT CLEVERLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 61
From Brownsville
- GORDON ELDON GULLETTPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- ROBERTO ROCHA JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1966
- ALBERTO ANGEL AVALOSLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- DANIEL ZACHARY POST JRCorporal · July 31, 1966
- TEOFILO CARMONE RIOSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- FRANCISCO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- ANTONIO MORALES JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANTHONY PEREZPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- ABELARDO VERASergeant · March 20, 1968
- ATANACIO GOMEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
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.