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WILFRED M PEREZ
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 27, 1925 – September 17, 1967
Service recordWilfred M Perez, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 27, 1925
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1967
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- 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 September 17, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 86
- NOEL WAYNE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- CONRAD ANTHONY STYBELFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1967
- GENE LEANDER TWEHOUSHospitalman · September 17, 1967
- OMAR DAVID WITMER JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT NORMAND DECHENEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 26E, Line 83
- WILLIE ELLISON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 83
- WILLIAM MICHAEL HARPERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 26E, Line 84
- CLYDE EVERTTE PAUL JRSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 85
- CONRAD ANTHONY STYBELFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26E, Line 86
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.