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ROBERTO PEREZ
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 22, 1943 – February 9, 1966
Service recordRoberto Perez, of Weslaco, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 9, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 21
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- November 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Weslaco, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 21
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID SETTLEMIREFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1966
- DON R SHACKELFORDFirst Sergeant · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT SOARES ANDRADEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1966
From Weslaco
- JAMES CALVIN CASTONCaptain · August 10, 1965
- MARIO YBARRAPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- JAVIER BECERRALance Corporal · April 20, 1967
- JOSE ANTONIO ROSASStaff Sergeant · May 8, 1967
- JOE DANIEL DUNNStaff Sergeant · March 1, 1968
- RUBEN RIVERALance Corporal · August 26, 1969
- ROBERT BRADFORD HAYSCorporal · July 21, 1970
- JESUS GARCIA SEPULVEDAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 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.