A different approach is to read the file as records separated by a blank line. Store the data into a hash for each record, then print out only what you need. One benefit is that this method is independent of the order of the lines of the input. 
use warnings;
use strict;

$/ = "\n\n";
while (<DATA>) {
    my %data;
    for my $line (split /\n/) {
        my ($k, $v) = split /\s*:\s*/, $line;
        $data{$k} = $v;
    }
    print "$data{'First Name'} $data{'Last Name'}\n" if $data{Location
+} eq 'Central USA';
}

__DATA__
First Name: John
Last Name: Doe
Occupation: Network Administrator
Location: West Coast

First Name: Jane
Last Name: Doe
Occupation: Human Resources
Location: East Coast

First Name: James
Last Name: Doe
Occupation: Technical Support Engineer
Location: Central USA

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In reply to Re: Storing String from Line Before Regex Match by toolic
in thread Storing String from Line Before Regex Match by Nico

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