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R T PERRY
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 28, 1945 – October 8, 1968
Service recordR T Perry, of Stanton, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 31
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Stanton, Tennessee (Haywood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 31
- DANIEL JAMES COONONCaptain · October 8, 1968
- WILLIE CAPAHAS PRICEPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
- CHARLES HENRY RICHARDSONFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1968
- LUCAS HERRERA RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE SUMMERSSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 32
From Stanton
- WILLIAM ALFORD FERRELLPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- BILLY LEE WRIGHTPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- ALBERT N WRIGHT JRSergeant · October 19, 1969
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.