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JOHN WILLIAM PARCEL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 30, 1947 – April 22, 1968
Service recordJohn William Parcel, of Winamac, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 32
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Winamac, Indiana (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 32
- THOMAS FRANCIS NORTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- EDWIN DAVID PALMGRENColonel · April 22, 1968
- HENRY PASILLASSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- MICHAEL GLEN PRICEPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
From Winamac
- EDWIN GERALD SHANK JRCaptain · March 24, 1964
- LARRY GENE BONNELLFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1967
- RICHARD W PODELLCaptain · June 9, 1967
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.