If you really want the "entry" widget, you could use the Tk::JComboBox. Loading and saving the array from/to __DATA__ is up to you. There is Inline::Files which would allow you to load(and write) different DATA segments. 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Tk;
use Tk::JComboBox;

my @choices;
my $index = 'IM';

foreach my $f ( 'A' .. 'Z' ) {
    foreach my $s ( 'A' .. 'Z' ) {
        push @choices, "$f$s";
    }
}

print "@choices";

my $mw  = MainWindow->new();

my $jcb = $mw->JComboBox(
    -relief             => 'groove',
#    -popuprelief        => 'groove',
    -mode               => 'editable',
    -validate           => 'match',
    -highlightthickness => 0,
    -choices            => \@choices,
    -textvariable       => \$index,
    -selectcommand      => sub {
                            print "Selected: $index\n";
                           }
)->pack;

MainLoop;
#########################

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Simple Inline Files 

#!/usr/bin/perl
use Inline::Files;

print while <PEANUT>;
print while <BUTTER>;

__PEANUT__
Bing
Bong
Bang
__BUTTER__
Foo
Bar
Baz

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And to change a DATA segment 

#!/usr/bin/perl
use Inline::Files;
use warnings;
use strict;

#open NUMBER, '+<'; #InlineFiles auto opens 

my $number = <NUMBER>;
seek NUMBER, 0, 0;

print "I am number $number\n";

print NUMBER ++$number;

__NUMBER__
0

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In reply to Re: -tk questions by zentara
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