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RICKY EDWARD PERSELY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 14, 1951 – June 1, 1970
Service recordRicky Edward Persely, of Masontown, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 1, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 132
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 14, 1951
- Home of record
- Masontown, Pennsylvania (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 132
- JOSEPH JOHN SMITHSergeant · June 1, 1970
- EDWARD VANEVERY JRSpecialist Five · June 1, 1970
- AULDON KEITH WHITESpecialist Four · June 1, 1970
- GLENN LEE WILLISLance Corporal · June 1, 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.