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JAIME PARRILLA-CALDERON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 21, 1946 – August 4, 1967
Service recordJaime Parrilla-Calderon, of Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 78
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Rio Grande, Puerto Rico (Rio Grande County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 78
- RALPH CAMPION BISZLieutenant Commander · August 4, 1967
- THOMAS LAWRENCE MEIDAMSpecialist Four · August 4, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN NOSEKLance Corporal · August 4, 1967
- LAWRENCE GEORGE STAPLETONSpecialist Four · August 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD CHARLES FERDIGSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 77
- LAWRENCE GEORGE STAPLETONSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 78
- DONALD MAURICE WILSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24E, Line 79
From Rio Grande
- MIGUE CASTRO-CARRASQUILLOSergeant · June 2, 1966
- ABRAHAM TRUJILLO-TRUJILLOSpecialist Four · December 14, 1968
- WILFREDO AYALA-REYESSergeant · June 17, 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.