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JOHN PARNELLA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 4, 1943 – April 16, 1966
Service recordJohn Parnella, of San Francisco, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1943
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 118
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCGOLDRICKSpecialist Four · April 16, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- OKEY LEE SANDSSpecialist Four · April 16, 1966
- ERNEST EUGENE SIMONSCorporal · April 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 116
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCGOLDRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 118
- OKEY LEE SANDSSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 118
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.