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PERLEY MILFORD LONG JR
Private · U.S. Army
August 17, 1946 – September 14, 1967
Service recordPerley Milford Long JR, of Montpelier, Vermont, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 72
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Duty Soldier (57A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Montpelier, Vermont (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 72
- WILLIAM D HUYLER JRSecond Lieutenant · September 14, 1967
- THOMAS E MURRAYPlatoon Sergeant · September 14, 1967
- TONEY NELSON JRLance Corporal · September 14, 1967
- JOSEPH SHEPHERD ROSE JRCaptain · September 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEROY HOWARDPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 71
- WILLIAM D HUYLER JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 26E, Line 72
- THOMAS E MURRAYPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 72
- JOSEPH SHEPHERD ROSE JRCaptain · Panel 26E, Line 72
- DAVID CARL STANLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 73
From Montpelier
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALBRIDGEPrivate First Class · April 18, 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.