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ROBERTO PEREA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 7, 1948 – April 12, 1971
Service recordRoberto Perea, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 7, 1948
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 121
- CHARLES LEE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · April 12, 1971
- JOHN VESTER WENTWORTHStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1971
- BENJAMIN JOHN BENAVIDEZSergeant First Class · April 13, 1971
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSCorporal · April 13, 1971
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
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.