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PERRY METZLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 11, 1940 – February 14, 1971
Service recordPerry Metzler, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 103
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 11, 1940
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 103
- DOUGLAS LEE HORNSpecialist Four · February 14, 1971
- JAMES ROBERT JESKESergeant · February 14, 1971
- ANDREW JACKSON NEWCOMBECorporal · February 14, 1971
- RONALD CALVIN RUFFPrivate First Class · February 14, 1971
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.