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JAMES RAY PARRETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 22, 1942 – November 3, 1965
Service recordJames Ray Parrett, of Columbia City, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 15
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Columbia City, Indiana (Whitley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 15
- KENT DOUGLAS JORDANLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- WILLIAM BRUCE MITCHELLPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- GARY W PLATTStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1965
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL BESSStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 14
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · Panel 3E, Line 15
- GARY W PLATTStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 15
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 16
From Columbia City
- REINO ARNE PANULAStaff Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- RODGER LEE EGOLFPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- LYNN ARDEN HARRISSpecialist Four · January 8, 1967
- DALE EDWARD MILLSSpecialist Four · December 8, 1967
- EVERETT T CULPPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- RICKEY LEROY SCOTTCorporal · July 8, 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.