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THOMAS DAVID PERRY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 25, 1948 – April 22, 1969
Service recordThomas David Perry, of Warren, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 27
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Warren, Indiana (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1969; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 27
- VINCENT CALVIN SCOTT JRCaptain · April 22, 1969
- MICHAEL RAY SKIPPERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1969
- ARTHUR WHORLOW SMITHSpecialist Five · April 22, 1969
- HARLEY ALBERT SMITH JRStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HUDSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 25
- GUADALUPE FLORESCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 26
- JERRY LEE WALLCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 28
From Warren
- GREGORIO C BUSTOSCorporal · July 3, 1968
- DARYL LEE LOWERYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1969
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.