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WILLIAM JOSEPH PERRYMAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 13, 1944 – November 19, 1970
Service recordWilliam Joseph Perryman, of Festus, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 71
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Festus, Missouri (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 71
- BRUCE CHARLES HALBACHSergeant · November 19, 1970
- FRANKLIN ALVIN HAMMChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 19, 1970
- WILLIAM ANDREW MONTANOLance Corporal · November 19, 1970
- THOMAS LELAND OSTEEN JRCorporal · November 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS RALPH BIERLINESergeant · Panel 6W, Line 70
- JOHN ROBERT GRISARDChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 70
- STANLEY DEAN STRUBLEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 72
From Festus
- GARY W PRATHERPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- JOSEPH WALTER MORRISONSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- THOMAS ALAN BACKYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- JAMES FRANCIS COLEMANSergeant · February 29, 1968
- FRANCIS EDWIN CORTOR JRSergeant · October 21, 1969
- JAMES BRADDOCK HARRISSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
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.