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BILLY JOE PARRISH
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 11, 1936 – May 23, 1968
Service recordBilly Joe Parrish, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 67E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67E · Line 1
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 11, 1936
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67E, Line 1
- ROBERT DUVAL OWENSergeant First Class · May 23, 1968
- MARTIN LEE OWENSCorporal · May 23, 1968
- LEONARDO RAMOS JRLance Corporal · May 23, 1968
- JOHN CRAIG ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY CHAPMANSpecialist Four · Panel 66E, Line 7
- BRUCE HERBERT DYERSpecialist Four · Panel 66E, Line 8
- RODNEY ELMER MARRUFO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 66E, Line 11
- PAUL RIVERS MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 66E, Line 11
- TIMOTHY ARTHUR MCGURTYCorporal · Panel 66E, Line 12
- MARTIN JOSEPH RAPCZAKSergeant · Panel 67E, Line 2
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.