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JAMES EARL PARMELEE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 20, 1941 – July 14, 1965
Service recordJames Earl Parmelee, of Hopkins, Michigan, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 14, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 37
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- October 20, 1941
- Home of record
- Hopkins, Michigan (Allegan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1965; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 37
- FRED TAYLORSergeant First Class · July 13, 1965
- ROBERT PAUL DIONNEHospitalman · July 14, 1965
- DONALD RAY VINSONSergeant · July 14, 1965
- RIGOBERTO C CHACONSergeant · July 15, 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.