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JOHN WILLIAM PARHAM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 11, 1945 – March 18, 1969
Service recordJohn William Parham, of Cedar Hill, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 71
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Cedar Hill, Tennessee (Robertson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 71
- WILLIAM LOVETT JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- ROBERT A MCINTOSHSergeant · March 18, 1969
- ROBERT LEE MITCHELLSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE PATTERSONSergeant · March 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MITCHELL DEITZStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 67
- DAVID SEELEY PELLEWStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 72
From Cedar Hill
- JAMES RICHARD ADAMSSpecialist Four · April 22, 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.