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WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JR
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
May 29, 1933 – August 27, 1966
Service recordWilliam Dewitt Perkins JR, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 501 AVN BN 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 29, 1933
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 501 AVN BN 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 50
- ROBERT LEE BANKSWarrant Officer 1 · August 27, 1966
- RANDALL DUMON HOWELLStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1966
- EUGENE RAYMOND MOREAUSergeant · August 27, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE BANKSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10E, Line 50
- RANDALL DUMON HOWELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 50
- EVERETT PORTER RUNNELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 51
From Jackson
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- DAVID EARL MATTHEWSCorporal · April 19, 1967
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.