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OTHA LEE PERRY
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
May 11, 1941 – December 14, 1971
Service recordOtha Lee Perry, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 88
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Pilot, Multi-Engine (101C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 11, 1941
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1971. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2W, Line 88
- GREGG NEYMAN HOLLINGERCaptain · December 14, 1971
- CECIL CARRINGTON PERKINS JRCaptain · December 14, 1971
- ROBERT WILLIAMSSeaman · December 15, 1971
- WILLIAM BELL JRSpecialist Five · December 17, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DWIGHT AMOS BREMMERSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 87
- FLOYD DEAN CALDWELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 87
- CECIL CARRINGTON PERKINS JRCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 88
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.