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CONNIE WAYNE PARRISH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 24, 1948 – February 15, 1970
Service recordConnie Wayne Parrish, of Osceola, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Osceola, Arkansas (Mississippi County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 16
- ROMAN DURAN RODRIGUEZLance Corporal · February 15, 1970
- THEODORE FRANCIS SASFirst Lieutenant · February 15, 1970
- RICHARD JARRETT SEXTON IICaptain · February 15, 1970
- SPENCER SMITHPrivate First Class · February 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARK ROLAND HORNERSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 14
- CHARLES EARL MELTONPrivate · Panel 13W, Line 15
- NORMAN ALFRED TAYLORStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 17
From Osceola
- DAVID F TAYLOR IIIFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1967
- JOEL CROCKETTPrivate First Class · September 22, 1967
- BOLEN PONDEXDER MCGEESpecialist Five · April 25, 1968
- TOMMY JOE DIXONCorporal · March 15, 1969
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.