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HENRY BENNETT PARSONS III
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 15, 1946 – November 29, 1969
Service recordHenry Bennett Parsons III, of Fairfield, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 29, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 7
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electrical Systems Technician, Transport And Helicopter (6242)
- Born
- December 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Fairfield, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 7
- JAMES IRVIN MCCARTHY JRSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- MICHAEL ANDREW OKEEFE JRPrivate First Class · November 29, 1969
- CHARLES VARENCE PENNCaptain · November 29, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL PIASECKIPrivate First Class · November 29, 1969
From Fairfield
- DONALD LUCIAN BENNETTLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- SALVADOR REDILLA DULAYLance Corporal · January 17, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN IVESSpecialist Four · April 23, 1967
- MICHAEL BRUCE SMITHCorporal · July 7, 1967
- FRANK ARTHUR DAWSONAirman · February 17, 1968
- HEINZ RUCHTIPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- JAMES D OZBUNChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 24, 1968
- CLARENCE PAUL BURLESONSergeant · March 9, 1969
- JOHN THIERYMaster Sergeant · April 12, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWARD BORGESSergeant · April 2, 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.