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RODDIE LEE PERRY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 16, 1948 – June 3, 1969
Service recordRoddie Lee Perry, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 56
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 56
- LARRY DEAN MCKENZIESergeant · June 3, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCPARLANEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- FLETCHER JACOB NOWLIN JRSpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
- GUILLERMO PARISICorporal · June 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY DEAN CUMBEESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 51
- LAWRENCE ANDREW FANELLASergeant · Panel 23W, Line 52
- SAMMY LOUIS MEAD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 54
- LONNIE DEAN MOORECorporal · Panel 23W, Line 55
- LARRY DEAN MCKENZIESergeant · Panel 23W, Line 56
- BILLIE WAYNE REEDPrivate · Panel 23W, Line 57
- JOHN RAYMOND TAYLORCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 59
- RANDALL RAY WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 60
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.