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R C PERRY JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 17, 1936 – February 13, 1967
Service recordR C Perry JR, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 26
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1936
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1967; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 26
- JOSEPH GERALD KRYWICKIFireman · September 13, 1966
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- JAMES CRAIG ULRICHFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1967
- DONNIE LEE WARDPrivate First Class · February 13, 1967
- JOHNNY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.