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LUTHER RIVES PERKINS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 2, 1929 – June 9, 1969
Service recordLuther Rives Perkins, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 6
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rough Terrain Forklift And Loader Operator (62M)
- Born
- February 2, 1929
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 6
- BRUCE FULLER PEARSONLance Corporal · June 9, 1969
- MANUEL JUAN PENACorporal · June 9, 1969
- GUADALUPE PRADO JRSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- LIONEL THOMAS RACHALCorporal · June 9, 1969
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
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.