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DOUGLAS HAROLD PARRIS
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 17, 1949 – November 29, 1970
Service recordDouglas Harold Parris, of Olympia, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 29, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 94
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Olympia, Washington (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1970; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 94
- ARTHUR JOHN MENNPrivate First Class · November 29, 1970
- CECIL GERALD MOYER JRCaptain · November 29, 1970
- GRAYSON HENRY NEWBERRYStaff Sergeant · November 29, 1970
- NORBERT ALBERT PODHAJSKYCaptain · November 29, 1970
From Olympia
- DARRELL THOMAS RAYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- WILFRED C JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- KENNETH MILES CROUTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM WELLSWarrant Officer 1 · April 23, 1967
- EDWARD ORVILLE BILSIEStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- ROBERT ERIC LOCHRIDGESergeant · January 30, 1968
- KENNETH R WILLIAMS JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- GARY LEIGH MACKSergeant · April 29, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES WHYTESergeant · May 28, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH PEARSONCaptain · October 21, 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.