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CHARLES WALTER PARSONS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 8, 1916 – June 12, 1966
Service recordCharles Walter Parsons, of Salisbury, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 50. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 8, 1916
- Home of record
- Salisbury, Maryland (Wicomico County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1966
- Age
- 50
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 43
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN POWELLSergeant · June 12, 1966
- KENNETH EDWIN SOMEROSergeant · June 12, 1966
- BILLY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
From Salisbury
- BARRIE VANE BARNESSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- JACK HOWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- DON LEE SHOCKLEYLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- GEORGE THOMAS POWELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS PARKER IIIPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- ELMER NEAL DAVISPrivate · September 19, 1967
- JOHN DAVIS WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
- ERNEST ARTHUR OLDSColonel · March 11, 1968
- GARY LEE BOUNDSPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- CECIL VAUGHN EVANSStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1968
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.