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WILFRED PEREZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 28, 1947 – March 6, 1969
Service recordWilfred Perez, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 59
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 28, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 59
- KEITH JON PUHILance Corporal · March 6, 1969
- LARRY MORGAN RODGERSLance Corporal · March 6, 1969
- CALIXTRO S RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · March 6, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE WOODSIDECaptain · March 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLAYTON EUGENE FRALEYPrivate · Panel 30W, Line 53
- DANIEL MORRIS NOELDNERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 55
- FRANK DENNIS JOYNES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 56
- JOHN WILLIAM KOBELIN IICorporal · Panel 30W, Line 56
- WILLIAM DENNI MCALLISTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 58
- PAUL PETER VAVROSKYSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 60
- JAMES EDWARD RAMSBYSpecialist Five · Panel 30W, Line 61
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.