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ROBERT LEWIS PERRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 3, 1946 – September 8, 1966
Service recordRobert Lewis Perry, of Union Springs, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Union Springs, Alabama (Bullock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1966
- Age
- 20
- 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 September 8, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 77
- DAVID MCLEAN DESILETSLieutenant (junior grade) · September 4, 1966
- WILSON JUNIOR MAIZEPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- CARL DEANE METROSPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- TOMMY MORALESPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- FRANCIS XAVIER NAVACorporal · September 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY DERIGGISpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 76
- MYLES CLAYTON SAVELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 76
- CARL DEANE METROSPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 77
- JAMES EARL WALLACEPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 78
From Union Springs
- VAN ALLEN NORRISCorporal · May 29, 1968
- BOOKER T DAVIE JRPrivate First Class · February 8, 1970
- LAMAR MCLEODSpecialist Four · October 14, 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.