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STEPHEN TUCKER PERRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 22, 1946 – May 14, 1969
Service recordStephen Tucker Perry, of Wilton, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 10
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Wilton, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 10
- FLOYD JUNIOR PARKSLance Corporal · May 14, 1969
- REESE MICHAEL PATRICKCaptain · May 14, 1969
- STEVEN GENE PETTISSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- CHARLES H PILKINGTON JRSecond Lieutenant · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL THOMAS BAKERSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 1
From Wilton
- SAMUEL DIGGES FREEMAN IIICaptain · January 7, 1967
- JOHN GEYER CORRSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1967
- PETER WYETH JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1968
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.