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EUGENE ALLEN PARISH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 28, 1946 – October 15, 1967
Service recordEugene Allen Parish, of Bloomington, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 10
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Bloomington, Indiana (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 10
- RONALD DEAN MARCRUMSpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- LARRY TURNER MCBURNETTPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS MORROWStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1967
- EDWARD MOSLEYTechnical Sergeant · October 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE A PODLESNIKPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 7
- NATHANIEL DABONSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 8
- ARCHIE JAMES MAPLE JRSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 9
- LARRY TURNER MCBURNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 10
- JAMES FRANCIS MORROWStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 10
- BURNELL SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 11
From Bloomington
- KENNETH LEE WALTERSSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- JAMES ARNOLD WORKMANSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- ALAN THOMAS READPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- CHARLES PATRICK LIROTPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- WALTER MICHAEL SCOTTPrivate · February 11, 1968
- BOBBY WILSONSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- JERRY LABORN BOOKERSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- HARRY TILLMAN NIGGLELieutenant Colonel · February 5, 1969
- BRUCE WILLIAM SHAFFERWarrant Officer 1 · March 28, 1969
- ROGER WAYNE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · April 20, 1969
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.