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IVORY PERRY PARRISH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 27, 1939 – March 15, 1967
Service recordIvory Perry Parrish, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Specialist (55B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1939
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 86
- RICHARD FRANK RITTERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- HERMAN RAY ROBINSONLance Corporal · March 15, 1967
- HUGH THOMAS SANDSTROMPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL J HUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 84
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.