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GREGORY ALLEN PARSONS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 30, 1946 – February 19, 1970
Service recordGregory Allen Parsons, of Ada, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 33
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Ada, Minnesota (Norman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 33
- JAMES RICHARD HARDINSpecialist Four · February 19, 1970
- JIMMIE RAY MARSHALLSpecialist Four · February 19, 1970
- TIMOTHY JOHN NORMANPrivate First Class · February 19, 1970
- ROBERT THOMAS SUDDUTHSeaman · February 19, 1970
From Ada
- ARVID BURDEEN SKUZALance Corporal · February 8, 1968
- MARLOYE KEITH HALGRIMSONSpecialist Four · May 12, 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.