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KRIS MITCHELL PERDOMO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 24, 1948 – May 9, 1970
Service recordKris Mitchell Perdomo, of Newport Beach, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1970, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 8
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Newport Beach, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1970; three of them were lost in Vinh Binh Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 8
- JOHN DAVID MCCLUSKEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 9, 1970
- EDDIE LEE NAILS JRSergeant · May 9, 1970
- RAYMOND LOUIS PARADISPrivate First Class · May 9, 1970
- MICHAEL MONROE USSERYSergeant · May 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JOSEPH CORPUSPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 4
- STEPHEN HAROLD HAIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 5
- TERRY LYNN HENRYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 6
- JOHN DAVID MCCLUSKEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 8
From Newport Beach
- MICHAEL ROBERT YOUNGSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- GALEN LEROY MOORESpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JEROME CHARLES SHOMAKERFirst Lieutenant · November 20, 1967
- STEPHEN WAYNE LUCIASpecialist Four · March 14, 1969
- KENT STUART ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · September 1, 1969
- ROLAND DEAN TROYANOPrivate First Class · February 7, 1971
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.