PERRY TRACY L

1LT Tracy L. Perry was a potential VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 08/13/2008 at the age of 59.4
Johnsonville, SC
Flight Class 71-2
Date of Birth 03/31/1949
Served in the U.S. Army
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More detail on this person: Tracy Lee Perry Sr. JOHNSONVILLE - Tracy Lee Perry Sr., 59, died Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, in a Lake City hospital. Mr. Perry was born in Williamsburg County, a son of Dorothy Evans Perry Poston and the late Hinson Perry. He was retired from the U.S. Army as a chief warrant officer. During the Vietnam War, he served as a helicopter pilot where he received the Bronze Star Medal, the Air Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal and the National Defense Service Medal. He also completed the Primary Helicopter School (Officer Rotary Wing Aviator Course) and the AH-1G Cobra Transition/Gunnery Course Class 71-18. He was a member of Rehobeth Pentecostal Holiness Church and was a graduate of Hannah-Pamplico High School. Surviving are his wife, Sylvia Cox Perry of the home; daughter, Beth Perry Baxley of Lexington; son-in-law, Derek Baxley of Lexington; grandchildren, Nathan Baxley, Anna Kaitlin Baxley and Kierstin Baxley, all of Lexington, and Christopher Perry and Seth Turner, both of Johnsonville; mother and stepfather, Dorothy P. (J. Dorris) Poston of Pamplico; brothers, Gene (Alice) Perry of North, Mike (Terri) Poston of Conway, Robbie (Lynn) Perry and David (Marie) Poston of Pamplico; sisters, Katie (Randy) Haynes of Florence, Jowendel (Pat) Watson and Rachel Poston, both of Pamplico. Mr. Perry was predeceased by a son, Tracy Lee Perry Jr. and a brother, J.D. Poston Jr. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008, in Rehobeth Pentecostal Holiness Church. Burial, with full military honors, will be in Garden of Devotion Cemetery, directed by Morris Funeral Home of Hemingway.

Burial information: Garden of Devotion Cemetery, Johnsonville, SC

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