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RICHARD WILLIAM PERRY
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 2, 1942 – September 19, 1966
Service recordRichard William Perry, of Marion, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 19, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 121
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Marion, Arkansas (Crittenden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1966; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 121
- RONALD LEE ENGLANDLance Corporal · September 19, 1966
- JOSEPH DENNIS MCNULTYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- DON BROWN PARSONS JRLieutenant Commander · September 19, 1966
- THOMAS HOLT PILKINGTONLieutenant Commander · September 19, 1966
From Marion
- CLARENCE VARNADOStaff Sergeant · February 27, 1967
- GARY CURTIS CUPPLESCorporal · June 1, 1967
- PHILLIP RALPH HARDINLance Corporal · May 6, 1970
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.