Daily Record - Wooster, Ohio: Sgt. Donald Perkins:
The son of a former Barnesville resident was laid to rest amid full military rites Tuesday afternoon in Wadsworth. The young man was Sgt. Donald Perkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Perkins of Wadsworth. He was killed in Vietnam on April 10, just a month before he would have completed his tour of duty there.
Sgt. Perkins mother is the former Dorothy McConnell of Barnesville. He was born Jan 12, 1950.
Funeral services were held from the Hilliard Funeral Home in Wadsworth with the Rev. Kenneth Klein officiating. Burial was made in Woodlawn Cemetery, Wadsworth.
SGT Donald R. Perkins, Jr., United States Army
Date of Birth: January 12, 1950
Attended Wadsworth High School
Home of Record: Wadsworth Township
Entered Service: August 1968
Served with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Air Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Vietnam. Died in Tay Ninh, Vietnam, April 10, 1970.
Awarded: The Purple Heart, Bronze Star for Valor, Air Medal, Combat Infantryman's Badge, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Service Medal, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal.
The son of a former Barnesville resident was laid to rest amid full military rites Tuesday afternoon in Wadsworth. The young man was Sgt. Donald Perkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Perkins of Wadsworth. He was killed in Vietnam on April 10, just a month before he would have completed his tour of duty there.
Sgt. Perkins mother is the former Dorothy McConnell of Barnesville. He was born Jan 12, 1950.
Funeral services were held from the Hilliard Funeral Home in Wadsworth with the Rev. Kenneth Klein officiating. Burial was made in Woodlawn Cemetery, Wadsworth.
SGT Donald R. Perkins, Jr., United States Army
Date of Birth: January 12, 1950
Attended Wadsworth High School
Home of Record: Wadsworth Township
Entered Service: August 1968
Served with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Air Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Vietnam. Died in Tay Ninh, Vietnam, April 10, 1970.
Awarded: The Purple Heart, Bronze Star for Valor, Air Medal, Combat Infantryman's Badge, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Service Medal, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal.
Daily Record - Wooster, Ohio: Sgt. Donald Perkins:
The son of a former Barnesville resident was laid to rest amid full military rites Tuesday afternoon in Wadsworth. The young man was Sgt. Donald Perkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Perkins of Wadsworth. He was killed in Vietnam on April 10, just a month before he would have completed his tour of duty there.
Sgt. Perkins mother is the former Dorothy McConnell of Barnesville. He was born Jan 12, 1950.
Funeral services were held from the Hilliard Funeral Home in Wadsworth with the Rev. Kenneth Klein officiating. Burial was made in Woodlawn Cemetery, Wadsworth.
SGT Donald R. Perkins, Jr., United States Army
Date of Birth: January 12, 1950
Attended Wadsworth High School
Home of Record: Wadsworth Township
Entered Service: August 1968
Served with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Air Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Vietnam. Died in Tay Ninh, Vietnam, April 10, 1970.
Awarded: The Purple Heart, Bronze Star for Valor, Air Medal, Combat Infantryman's Badge, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Service Medal, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal.
The son of a former Barnesville resident was laid to rest amid full military rites Tuesday afternoon in Wadsworth. The young man was Sgt. Donald Perkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Perkins of Wadsworth. He was killed in Vietnam on April 10, just a month before he would have completed his tour of duty there.
Sgt. Perkins mother is the former Dorothy McConnell of Barnesville. He was born Jan 12, 1950.
Funeral services were held from the Hilliard Funeral Home in Wadsworth with the Rev. Kenneth Klein officiating. Burial was made in Woodlawn Cemetery, Wadsworth.
SGT Donald R. Perkins, Jr., United States Army
Date of Birth: January 12, 1950
Attended Wadsworth High School
Home of Record: Wadsworth Township
Entered Service: August 1968
Served with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Air Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Vietnam. Died in Tay Ninh, Vietnam, April 10, 1970.
Awarded: The Purple Heart, Bronze Star for Valor, Air Medal, Combat Infantryman's Badge, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Service Medal, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal.
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