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DONALD WAYNE PARMLEY
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
January 9, 1948 – August 25, 1969
Service recordDonald Wayne Parmley, of West Point, Mississippi, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 25, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 114
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- January 9, 1948
- Home of record
- West Point, Mississippi (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 114
- MICHAEL GREGORY MCGILLPrivate First Class · August 25, 1969
- DAVID MICHAEL MILLERHospitalman · August 25, 1969
- DAVID ELLSWORTH NELSONLance Corporal · August 25, 1969
- RAYMOND JAMES PORTERPrivate First Class · August 25, 1969
From West Point
- HUGH EDWIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 16, 1967
- GEORGE RANDLE JRPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- IVY LOUIS BLAIRSergeant · May 12, 1968
- OLLIE JAMES DANIELPrivate First Class · April 6, 1969
- CORNELIUS TERRYCorporal · February 27, 1970
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.