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NAME Clifford Roy Perkins, Jr. |
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SERVICE NUMBER O-14334 |
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| UNIT VMSB-241 Pilot |
HOME OF RECORD Pine City, MN |
NEXT OF KIN Parents, Clifford & Amelia Perkins |
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| DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1920 at Pine City, MN |
ENTERED SERVICE September 25, 1942 (commissioned) at Corpus Christi |
DATE OF LOSS May 19, 1943 |
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| REGION Central Pacific |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Samoa, Tutuila |
CASUALTY TYPE Non-battle death |
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CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS On 19 May 1943, Perkins was at the controls of an SBD “Dauntless” (SBD-4 BuNo 10618). While on a routine flight, and due to unknown causes, the bomber crashed at sea approximately five miles south of Tafuna Airfield at 1820 hours. Neither Lt. Perkins nor his radioman/gunner, Sergeant Charles B. Mellen, could be found after the accident, and both men were declared dead. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS — |
LAST KNOWN RANK First Lieutenant |
STATUS OF REMAINS Not recovered. |
MEMORIALS Fort Snelling National Cemetery Honolulu Memorial |
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