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LOUIS JAMES PURDY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 25, 1947 – June 15, 1967
Service recordLouis James Purdy, of Greenwich, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 109
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Greenwich, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 109
- JOHN CLARENCE SHAMELLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- JOHN WILLARD SWANSON JRLieutenant Colonel · June 15, 1967
- VALENTINO TAUAESESpecialist Five · June 15, 1967
- FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT THORPELance Corporal · June 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL BOWMAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 103
- JOE ROBERT DEBAULTStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 104
- JUAN JOSE GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 105
- LAWRENCE ADAMS HURDSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 106
- MICHAEL RAYMOND OJILEPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 107
- FLOYD H RUSSELL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 108
- VALENTINO TAUAESESpecialist Five · Panel 21E, Line 109
- HERBERT WIGFALL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 110
- FREDERICK JOSEPH WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 110
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 110
From Greenwich
- JONATHAN P WORKSFirst Lieutenant · January 28, 1966
- ERIC P MULLERSergeant · September 7, 1967
- ASHTON HAYWARD PRINDLEPrivate · April 23, 1968
- JOSEPH M LOUGHRAN JRMajor · May 2, 1968
- PETER LEADBETTER TRIPPFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1969
- DONALD SHELDON REPACICorporal · March 24, 1969
- PETER ELMER SIPPLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
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.