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GERALD VICTOR PARMENTIER
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 27, 1927 – May 16, 1967
Service recordGerald Victor Parmentier, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 27, 1927
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1967; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 20E, Line 10
- JOHN CLIFFORD PFEIFFERPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- JAMES LEONARD RAYCorporal · May 16, 1967
- FREDDIE LEE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · May 16, 1967
- GERALD ARDEN ROBINSONLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL R ALLENStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 4
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 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.