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KEITH CHARLES PERKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 12, 1942 – August 2, 1967
Service recordKeith Charles Perkins, of Hood River, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 2, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 69
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- November 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Hood River, Oregon (Hood River County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 69
- GLENN RICHARD MCCUAIGLance Corporal · August 2, 1967
- ROGER MILTON POIRIERSergeant · August 2, 1967
- LARRY GORDON SALISBERRYHospitalman · August 2, 1967
- DAVID SANCHEZPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
From Hood River
- RUDY LEE BALDONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1969
- ARCHIE CARL WABSCHALL IIIPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1970
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.