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WILLARD ALTON PERRY JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 24, 1948 – April 29, 1968
Service recordWillard Alton Perry JR, of Brownwood, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Brownwood, Texas (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; seven of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 6
- LLOYD WILLIAM PEELE JRStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1968
- WALTER GLENN POPEPetty Officer First Class · April 29, 1968
- JAMES WILLARD POWERS JRSpecialist Four · April 29, 1968
- STEPHEN ROBERT WHITECorporal · April 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LYLE ERNEST ALLEN JRCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 45
- ELMO LARRY BUTLERCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 46
- HARLEY JOHN JENKSCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 2
- GARY LEIGH MACKSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 4
- ALEXANDER TATE JRCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 7
From Brownwood
- BRIT P LEMMONSSpecialist Five · September 10, 1967
- EDDIE LEE EPHRAIMCorporal · March 21, 1968
- MICHAEL AUTREY TEAGUEPetty Officer Third Class · May 2, 1968
- ARTHUR EARL KEESEESpecialist Five · November 13, 1968
- KENNITH WAYNE WHEELERCorporal · May 10, 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.