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STANLEY CHARLES PERRIGO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 2, 1952 – January 6, 1972
Service recordStanley Charles Perrigo, of Lake City, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1972, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 95
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 2, 1952
- Home of record
- Lake City, Michigan (Missaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1972
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1972; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 95
- MICHAEL SCHMIDTFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 1971
- RAUL LOSOYASergeant · January 6, 1972
- DAN ARTHUR BOLSTERAirman First Class · January 7, 1972
- STEPHAN ANDREW DAVISSpecialist Four · January 9, 1972
- ROGER JOHN KOJETINSpecialist Four · January 10, 1972
From Lake City
- MARVIN JOHN SINKLERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
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.