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GARY REED PARSONS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 17, 1947 – September 26, 1966
Service recordGary Reed Parsons, of Topeka, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 26, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 20
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Topeka, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 20
- JAMES WILLIS HOLLIDAYSecond Lieutenant · September 26, 1966
- RICHARD CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- HENRY LEE MOSBURGCaptain · September 26, 1966
- MARVIN FOSTER PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · September 26, 1966
From Topeka
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- DALE K SHAMBAUGHSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- RICHARD NORMAN PAYNELance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN SASEKCaptain · July 6, 1967
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 1967
- CARL EUGENE MURRAYSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
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.