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LOUIS EDWARD PERRY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 14, 1946 – March 24, 1967
Service recordLouis Edward Perry, of Asbury Park, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 38
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Asbury Park, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 38
- MARVIN TIDWELL NOAHLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- JOHN PENASpecialist Four · March 24, 1967
- ROBERT B PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · March 24, 1967
- REID WILLIAM STOLTENBERGLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
From Asbury Park
- ROLAND WILL MANUELStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1967
- THEOTHIS COLLINSLance Corporal · August 19, 1968
- ARTHUR JAMES ROSS JRSpecialist Four · November 4, 1968
- PAUL HUNTINGTON GANUNCorporal · May 18, 1969
- ALBERT B WASHINGTON JRCorporal · June 1, 1969
- FLOYD MOYESpecialist Five · March 10, 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.