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JEFFERY MARK PARENT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 27, 1949 – May 4, 1969
Service recordJeffery Mark Parent, of Westfield, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 4, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 1
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Westfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 1
- WILLIAM HILLIARD OVERTONFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1969
- NORMAN LEE PLEMMONSSergeant · May 4, 1969
- WILLIAM DANIEL QUINN IIIPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
- ROBERT LEE THOMASSergeant · May 4, 1969
From Westfield
- DANIEL JOSEPH JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- MICHAEL LINDSEY DEANEFirst Lieutenant · May 24, 1968
- JAMES DONALD ZEBERTPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
- JOHN STILES EARLELieutenant · June 22, 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.