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EDWARD KENNETH PARESA
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 2, 1929 – June 27, 1966
Service recordEdward Kenneth Paresa, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1929
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 101
- ARTHUR KEENSeaman · June 27, 1966
- BILLY JOE NAVEMajor · June 27, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
- GALEN DEAN PETERSENPrivate First Class · June 27, 1966
- JOHN STUART SEELEYCaptain · June 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR MURRY WOODPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 102
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
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.