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RICHARD CLARK PERRY
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
August 9, 1932 – August 31, 1967
Service recordRichard Clark Perry, of Carlin, Nevada, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 31, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 75
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- August 9, 1932
- Home of record
- Carlin, Nevada (Elko County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 75
- MICHAEL DIGNON LAYMONLance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- LAWRENCE RICHARD MOYERMajor · August 31, 1967
- DANIEL LEE MULLINSFirst Lieutenant · August 31, 1967
- FRANK MANUEL PACHECOSergeant First Class · August 31, 1967
From Carlin
- STERLING PRICE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
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.