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STEVEN DALE PERRY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 30, 1948 – October 6, 1968
Service recordSteven Dale Perry, of Ahoskie, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 19
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Ahoskie, North Carolina (Hertford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 41W, Line 19
- DANIEL AUGUST MILLERLance Corporal · October 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE THOMAS MYERSCorporal · October 6, 1968
- ROBERT GARY OWENSergeant · October 6, 1968
- DONALD JERALD PARKSStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD DURAND STEVENSSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 20
- FRANKLIN DENIS TINSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 21
From Ahoskie
- HEROLIN THADUS SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1966
- HARVEY LEDREW LEWISStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- BOBBY RAY GARDNERSergeant · August 8, 1967
- ROY ROGERS WESTSpecialist Four · August 29, 1968
- HERBERT GORDAN TAYLORCorporal · September 27, 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.