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FRANCIS EDWIN PARKHILL JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 22, 1947 – May 25, 1970
Service recordFrancis Edwin Parkhill JR, of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Upper Darby, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 99
- LESTER NEAL MOULTONFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1970
- RAFAEL OLIVOSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
- SIDNEY PIPER JRPrivate · May 25, 1970
- RICHARD RODRIGUESCorporal · May 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CLAUDE HARMON CARGILEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 95
- LE ROY FELIX MARTINEZPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 98
From Upper Darby
- EDWARD WILLIAM REILLYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- VICTOR JAMES FORDLance Corporal · April 29, 1966
- FRANCIS EDWARD SMILEYMajor · August 27, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH HUMMSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- FRANK JAMES MASTROMATTEOLance Corporal · April 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALBERT RESNICKLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM MATTHEWSSergeant · August 5, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES FLAGIELLOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- FRANCIS G PATTONPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- GREGORY JOSEPH THOMASSergeant · January 15, 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.