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KEITH MASON PARR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 2, 1950 – October 26, 1969
Service recordKeith Mason Parr, of Mt Carmel, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1969, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 122
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Mt Carmel, Illinois (Wabash County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 122
- RICHARD MATTHEW LOGANSergeant · October 26, 1969
- MICHAEL LINN LYTLEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1969
- GRAY DAWSON WARRENCaptain · October 26, 1969
- RONALD DALE WESTPHALSergeant · October 26, 1969
From Mt Carmel
- RALPH HARRY BARLETT JRPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- TOMMY AUSTIN WIGGINSLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- ROY M ALEXANDERPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- MICKEY LYNN SWATSLEYSpecialist Four · September 8, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES MCCLANESpecialist Four · December 9, 1969
- DANNY KEITH RAYBORNPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
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.