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DEMPSEY WOODROW PARROTT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1946 – May 4, 1968
Service recordDempsey Woodrow Parrott, of Kinston, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Kinston, North Carolina (Lenoir County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 54E, Line 39
- DONALD EDWARD NIPPERSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- CHARLES LEON PERRYPetty Officer Third Class · May 4, 1968
- ROBERT GLEN PRICESecond Lieutenant · May 4, 1968
- JACK EDWARD REYNOLDSLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY RAY CLARKCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 31
- JERRY THOMAS EVANSSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 33
- DOUGLAS BERNARD FOURNETFirst Lieutenant · Panel 54E, Line 33
- ROBERT ALLEN FOWLERSergeant Major · Panel 54E, Line 33
- EDWIN GENE GALINDOCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 34
- ROBERT DAVID GARIEPYCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 34
- ROY BARRY LEAGUESergeant · Panel 54E, Line 36
- GEORGE CAROLL LETMATESergeant · Panel 54E, Line 37
- RONALD LYNN HURSTPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 40
- DAVID CHARLES SCHULTZPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 40
- EGBERT R VAUGHANSpecialist Five · Panel 54E, Line 41
From Kinston
- JIMMIE LLOYD MCBYNUMStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- CHARLES CURTIS WHITFIELDPrivate · February 24, 1966
- WOODROW WILSON HAM JRStaff Sergeant · March 4, 1966
- DANIEL H LAWLERSpecialist Five · May 20, 1967
- CURTIS RAY MCLAWHORNSergeant · July 22, 1967
- BOBBY LEE BARBERPrivate First Class · November 2, 1967
- CARL LEE HILL JRSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- SETH LEE WEST JRStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1968
- JOHNNY MILLERSpecialist Four · May 2, 1968
- VERNELL HENRY MILLER JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 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.