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FRANK COLLINS PARRISH
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 19, 1931 – January 16, 1968
Service recordFrank Collins Parrish, of Cleburne, Texas, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1968, in An Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- September 19, 1931
- Home of record
- Cleburne, Texas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- An Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1968; three of them were lost in An Giang Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 34E, Line 59
- DARRELL CLIFFORD LINTPetty Officer Third Class · January 16, 1968
- FRED WAYNE MAGNUSSONPrivate First Class · January 16, 1968
- KEVIN JAMES MAGUIRESpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID MORELANDMajor · January 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT ROY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 57
- JOHN F YOUNGCaptain · Panel 34E, Line 61
From Cleburne
- BOBBY LEE WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- ROBERT EARL BALDWINSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- JIMMY RAY BROWNCorporal · May 9, 1968
- VICTOR HEENAN PRITCHARDFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1969
- NATHANIEL COOKPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- CLARENCE MOODY STONER JRSergeant · June 13, 1969
- GEORGE EDWARD POWELLMajor · April 21, 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.