The Wall › Panel 6W › North Carolina › Bobby James Parris
BOBBY JAMES PARRIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 27, 1948 – October 27, 1970
Service recordBobby James Parris, of Sylva, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 25
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Sylva, North Carolina (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 25
- ALEX DENNIS PYSZSpecialist Four · October 27, 1970
- ROBERT E RINGENBERGERPrivate · October 27, 1970
- JOSEPH DUANE CASLERSpecialist Four · October 28, 1970
- MONROE JASON CONLEYPrivate First Class · October 28, 1970
From Sylva
- JAMES LOYD LAWRENCE JRCorporal · June 12, 1968
- JACK EDWARD HYATTPrivate First Class · January 1, 1971
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.