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PERRY LEE WHITTINGTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 9, 1943 – May 11, 1968
Service recordPerry Lee Whittington, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 28
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Born
- March 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 28
- DAVID CLAUD WELLSCorporal · May 11, 1968
- EARL WOODSCorporal · May 11, 1968
- KENJI JERRY YAMASHITAFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1968
- EDWARD ANTHONY ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · May 11, 1968
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.