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Ernesto Salvador Perea
Specialist Four
3RD PLT, B CO, 2ND BN, 501ST INFANTRY, 101ST ABN DIV, USARV Army of the United States Pecos, Texas June 08, 1944 to March 26, 1968 ERNESTO S PEREA is on the Wall at Panel 46E, Line 40 |
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Ernesto was from Pecos, Texas. He attended Pecos schools and enlisted in the U.S. Army with the intent of making a career. He was married and had a son. He was with the 501st Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky when he re-enlisted. The regiment mobilized to Vietnam in November and December 1967. Ernesto was assigned as an infantryman and was airborne qualified. He was killed in contact with the NVA during aftermath of the TET offensive on March 26, 1968. He was buried with full military honors in his home town of Pecos. He is remembered by his community and by the Permian Basin Vietnam Veterans' Memorial located in Midland, Texas. |
A Note from The Virtual WallB Company, 2/501st Infantry, lost two men near Hue on 26 March 1968: SP4 Ernesto S. Perea and PFC Wayne E. Risner of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
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