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JAMES WAYNE PARHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 30, 1947 – January 20, 1968
Service recordJames Wayne Parham, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1947
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 90
- ROBERT EARL BUTLERSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH MOORESpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- GERALD ARNOLD OTOOLECorporal · January 20, 1968
- GUILLERMO BAUTIS PAGADUANSeaman · January 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM STEVE CALHOUNPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 84
- MICHAEL EUGENE DEBUSKSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 85
- GARY LAWRENCE ELIACorporal · Panel 34E, Line 85
- JOHN ERNEST ESTENPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 85
- ANDY GARNICASergeant · Panel 34E, Line 86
- JOSE BENJAMIN HERRERASpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 87
- GENE MARLOW KOSELSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 88
- EDWARD KUBISKYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 88
- LEO EDWARD MICHAUDPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 89
- JOHN JOSEPH MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 90
- ROBERT EUGENE SWALLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 92
- PETER LORENZ WOODSecond Lieutenant · Panel 35E, Line 1
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
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.