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RAFAEL PEREZ-VERDEJA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 27, 1950 – October 7, 1971
Service recordRafael Perez-Verdeja, of Miami, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1971, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 35
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Powerplant Repairer (68B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1971; three of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 35
- CARL WAYNE THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1971
- PAUL ROLAND CARSONSergeant · October 6, 1971
- GERALD FIELD MCGLONECaptain · October 7, 1971
- ADDISON WILLIAM PAGE JRSpecialist Five · October 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GERALD FIELD MCGLONECaptain · Panel 2W, Line 35
- ADDISON WILLIAM PAGE JRSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 35
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.