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JAY WAYNE PAROLA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 19, 1949 – October 28, 1968
Service recordJay Wayne Parola, of Charleroi, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 50
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Charleroi, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 50
- REGINALD WALTER MERRIMANSergeant · October 28, 1968
- DONALD THOMAS PENNEYFirst Lieutenant · October 28, 1968
- WILLIAM ERNEST RICKERLieutenant Commander · October 28, 1968
- FRANCIS L ROSSELL JRPetty Officer Third Class · October 28, 1968
From Charleroi
- LEMUEL ISABELLESpecialist Five · February 25, 1969
- RONALD DALE BELARSKISergeant · August 25, 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.