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WILLIAM CARMAN PERDUE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 22, 1950 – September 29, 1968
Service recordWilliam Carman Perdue, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 43
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 43
- STEPHEN BRIAN PUGHCorporal · September 29, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL ROLLINSWarrant Officer 1 · September 29, 1968
- BLAINE JOSEPH SHEPHERDSpecialist Five · September 29, 1968
- EDWARD PHILLIP TURNER JRPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
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.