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JOHN WILLIAM PARSELLS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 12, 1949 – September 27, 1970
Service recordJohn William Parsells, of Miami, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 97
- ROBERT FRANK RONGA JRSpecialist Four · September 27, 1970
- JEFFREY MERLE WHITESpecialist Four · September 27, 1970
- BLAKE EDWARD ASTONLance Corporal · September 28, 1970
- WESLEY WAYNE DAVISPrivate · September 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JAMES LANGMANCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 95
- PHILLIP HAROLD JACOBSCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 96
- STEVEN HAROLD KRUPKINCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 96
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.