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JOSEPH W PARENT
Captain · U.S. Army
May 13, 1938 – April 3, 1966
Service recordJoseph W Parent, of Glendale, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- May 13, 1938
- Home of record
- Glendale, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 81
- KENNETH D GOLDEN JRSpecialist Four · April 3, 1966
- ARTHUR CYRUS MORRIS JRSergeant · April 3, 1966
- LARRY J NICHOLSSpecialist Four · April 3, 1966
- CASIMIRO PALACIOSStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LEO MICHAEL DONKERMajor · Panel 6E, Line 79
From Glendale
- DONALD GORDON LOGANMajor · August 23, 1963
- GLENN LOREN MOLLER JRPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
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.