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EDWARD MILTON PARSLEY
Chief Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 22, 1933 – February 3, 1966
Service recordEdward Milton Parsley, of Naugatuck, West Virginia, served as a Chief Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on February 3, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 135
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Chief Master Sergeant (CMSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 311 ACS
- Born
- January 22, 1933
- Home of record
- Naugatuck, West Virginia (Mingo County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 3, 1966
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “311 ACS”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 135
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- JOSEPH RONALD LANDRYPrivate First Class · February 3, 1966
- RICHARD CORTLANDT STEWARTLance Corporal · February 3, 1966
- THERMAN MORRIS WALLERChief Master Sergeant · February 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THERMAN MORRIS WALLERChief Master Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 135
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.