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PEREA, ERNESTO SALVADOR

Rank / Branch:

  • SPECIALIST FOURTH CLASS, U.S. ARMY

Date Of Birth:

  • 1944-06-08

Country Of Loss:

  • SOUTH VIETNAM

Status:

  • THUA THIEN

Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground:​

  • GROUND

Other:

  • MARRIED

Unit:

  • 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

Date Of Loss:

  • 1968-03-26

Loss Coordinates:

  • THUA THIEN

Catagory:

  • BODY RETURNED

Awards & Decorations:

  • SEE BIO

VETERAN HAGI0GRAPHY

  • PEREA, ERNESTO SALVADOR, SPECIALIST FOUR, U. S. ARMY, PECOS, REEVES COUNTY, TEXAS

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

  • COMBAT INFANTRYMANS BADGE, PARACHUTE WINGS, BRONZE STAR WITH V DEVICE, PURPLE HEART, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM CROSS OF GALLANTRY WITH PALM, VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL

BIOGRAPHY

  • Ernest grew up in Pecos, Texas and attended Pecos High School. After high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army National Guard in 1963. He went active duty in the Regular Army in early 1967 and completed jump school and was assigned to Fort Campbell, Kentucky with the B Company, 2nd Battalion, 501st Airborne Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. He was married to Gloria and was the father of two children, a son, Daniel and a daughter, Elizabeth.
  • Ernesto went to Vietnam with his unit from Fort Campbell when the 501st Airborne Infantry mobilized in November and December of 1967. The unit had a stop-over for training at Wake Island. The unit arrived Vietnam in December 1967. Ernesto was a gunner in the first squad of the third platoon.
  • Ernesto was killed from multiple fragment wounds during hostile action on March 26, 1968. He was buried with full military honors in the St. Joseph Cemetery in Pecos, Texas.
  • IN VIETNAM 1968
  • HIS UNIT AT FORT CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY BEFORE DEPLOYMENT
  • SANTA ROSA CEMETERY, PECOS, TEXAS