NO 3 KIA 08-02-66 1st SGT BENITO PEREZ 1951 GRADUATE INDUCTED TO WALL OF HONOR 08-25

WALL OF HONOR

1st Sgt Benito Perez, US Army
January 27, 1932 to August 02, 1966

 Name: Benito Perez
 Roy Miller High School:  3^rd Casualty
 Graduated from Roy Miller:  1957
 Branch:  Army of the United States
 Time in Service:  16 yrs
 Grade at loss:  E8
 Rank:  First Sergeant
 ID No:  18355905 
 MOS:  11G50 - Infantry Senior Sergeant
 Unit:  A CO, 2^nd BATTALION, 35^th INFANTRY, 25^th INFANTRY DIV, USARV
 Start Tour:  01/10/1966
 Incident Date:  08/02/1966
 Casualty Date:  08/02/1966
 Age at Loss:  34 yrs
 Location:  Pleiku Province, South Vietnam
 Casualty Type:  Hostile, died outright
 Casualty:  Ground casualty, Artillery, rocket, or mortar
 Home of Record:  Corpus Christi, Tx

Medals Awarded:  Good Conduct Medal;  Combat Infantryman Badge;  Purple Heart;  Silver Star, Bronze Star (for Valor);  National Defense Service Medal;  Vietnam Campaign Medal;  Vietnam Service Medal;  Combat Infantry Badge

                                                                      

       

BENITO IN UNIFORM AND A SOPHOMORE AT ROY MILLER IN 1949

  

             

He was aiding some of his wounded soldiers when he himself was mortally wounded