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LOUIS ANTONIO PEREZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 17, 1948 – May 7, 1969
Service recordLouis Antonio Perez, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1969, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 19
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
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- July 17, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 19
- DONALD RAY HAYWOODPrivate First Class · May 7, 1969
- RONALD SHAFER PIERCEPrivate · May 7, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL SHINAULTFirst Lieutenant · May 7, 1969
- DANIEL TIRADOPrivate First Class · May 7, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.