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ROBERT LEE PERRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 7, 1945 – August 24, 1966
Service recordRobert Lee Perry, of Henderson, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Henderson, North Carolina (Vance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 33
- WAYNE ROLAND BAKERPrivate First Class · August 24, 1966
- DOUGLAS SCOTT DUBOSELance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- BILLY JOE HARRISONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1966
- JERRY WARREN NYEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DANIEL SANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 32
From Henderson
- CLARENCE RAY BRAMEPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- PHILLIP EARL TAYLORSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- HENRY THOMAS LEONARDSergeant · November 11, 1966
- RONNIE DARNELL ADCOXLance Corporal · March 3, 1967
- WILLIAM CLIFTON CLAY IIICaptain · April 12, 1967
- DONALD ARRINGTON JOYNERLieutenant Colonel · December 27, 1972
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.