Johnny A. Perez from Lexington Park, MD, passed on peacefully at St. Mary’s Hospice on 31 December, 2014, after a courageous battle with cancer with his wife by his side. He was born on 16 May, 1948 in San Antonio, TX, to the late Theodore G. Perez and the late Irene Agnes Garcia Perez Tobias. Johnny graduated from Luther Burbank High School, San Antonio, TX, in June 1967 and enlisted in the United States Navy in July 1968. After attending basic training at Great Lakes, IL, he went on to his adventures by serving at NAS Oceana, VA; VF111, VF194, VF21 and VF51 all at NAS Miramar, CA; VP1 at Barbers Point, HI; VX1 at NAS Patuxent River, MD; VP31 at Moffett Field, CA; Naval Station Keflavik, Iceland; VQ2 at NAS Rota, Spain; and VS28 at Cecil Field, FL. He served on deployments onboard naval aircraft carriers USS Shangri La (CVA-38), USS Oriskany (CVA-34), USS Ranger (CVA-61), USS Coral Sea (CVA-43), and USS Forrestal (CVA-59). Johnny received many awards such as the Vietnam Service Medal (second award), Good Conduct Medal (fifth award), National Defense Medal, Humanitarian Service Award, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (fourth award), Meritorious Unit Commendation (fourth award), Battle […]
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