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TERRY JOHN PERKO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 8, 1946 – February 21, 1967
Service recordTerry John Perko, of Maple Heights, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 21, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 71
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- May 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Maple Heights, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1967
- 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
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 71
- JOHN DONALD OSSMENPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH RUDINECSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS SEYMOURSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- JOHNNIE SPENCER JRPrivate · February 21, 1967
From Maple Heights
- GEORGE BRUCE MENGESMajor · January 2, 1967
- MARCO JOSEPH BARUZZISpecialist Four · February 3, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH NERAD JRCorporal · March 30, 1967
- NICKOLAS R PALUMBO JRCorporal · August 29, 1967
- LOUIS ALLAN SNAKOVSKY JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- CECIL BOYD WAGNER JRCorporal · September 29, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · July 2, 1969
- BARRY ROBERT CLARKCorporal · September 5, 1969
- ALAN DAVID MARTINStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1970
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.