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PAUL JOHN PERECKO
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
July 4, 1923 – February 10, 1967
Service recordPaul John Perecko, of Monongahela, Pennsylvania, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 15
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 4, 1923
- Home of record
- Monongahela, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1967
- Age
- 43
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 15
- MERRIL ANDREW MCKILLIPSpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
- CHARLES PAUL POHLMANSpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
- FRED CALVIN RUSSELLSergeant First Class · February 10, 1967
- CHARLES MICHAEL SWAIMPrivate First Class · February 10, 1967
From Monongahela
- DONALD JAMES FAWCETTStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1966
- DENNIS PATRICK DAYHospitalman · February 2, 1968
- HAROLD RAYMOND VOGELCaptain · June 14, 1968
- THOMAS MILTON LEJEUNEStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1972
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.