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STEPHEN JOHN PERKINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 22, 1948 – May 23, 1970
Service recordStephen John Perkins, of Overton, Nevada, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Overton, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 87
- RICHARD THOMAS PRIDDYCaptain · May 23, 1970
- CECILIO ROBLES JRSpecialist Four · May 23, 1970
- GEORGE RODRIGUEZLance Corporal · May 23, 1970
- JAMES ERWIN RUSSSpecialist Four · May 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE FRANCIS BARRY JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 83
- ALAN HARRY GROSSCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 85
- JAMES WILLIAM HESSINGCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 85
- MICHAEL STEVEN JETTSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 85
- LARRIE JOHN LANDERSHEIMWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 86
- WILLIAM EDWARD LEACHCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 86
- LARRY ALLAN MAYSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 86
- EUGENE STUART MILLERCaptain · Panel 10W, Line 86
- CECIL CLAYTON SCHOFIELDSergeant First Class · Panel 10W, Line 88
- WILLIAM H VAUGHT IIISergeant · Panel 10W, Line 88
- FRANK T VERLIHAY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 88
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.