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PERRY ROCCO CRISE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 20, 1949 – July 26, 1968
Service recordPerry Rocco Crise, of Fredonia, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 26, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 12
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- July 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Fredonia, New York (Chautauqua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 12
- HILLMAN GLEN CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
- ROBERT MORRIS CHILDRESSPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
- THOMAS RAY COOK JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
- MERLIN G CORNELIUS JRLance Corporal · July 26, 1968
From Fredonia
- GLENN MURRAY MCCARTYSecond Lieutenant · March 28, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM COONCorporal · January 17, 1971
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.