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LAWRENCE W PARRANTO JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 28, 1949 – May 1, 1969
Service recordLawrence W Parranto JR, of Everett, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 1, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 93
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Everett, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 93
- RANDY CHARLEY PAROPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- KENNETH ANDREW PREJEANPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD ROSSFirst Lieutenant · May 1, 1969
- FELIX JUAN SALASPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
From Everett
- PAUL HERBERT EKLUNDSecond Lieutenant · November 19, 1965
- PATRICK MICHAEL DOYLELance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- BILLIE DWAINE LANDERSStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
- ROBERT LAYMON ARMITAGEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- RONALD DAVID HARTSpecialist Four · February 17, 1967
- JOE PAUL LARSENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN WAGNER JRSergeant · May 19, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY PEARSONCaptain · June 11, 1967
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DAWSONSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- RICKY PALMER MATTERNWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 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.