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LEONARD MONROE PARRISH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 26, 1950 – August 14, 1968
Service recordLeonard Monroe Parrish, of Lillington, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 14
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
- March 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Lillington, North Carolina (Harnett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 48W, Line 14
- JOHN BRUCE MULARZSpecialist Four · August 14, 1968
- DANIEL LEO NEUBURGERFirst Lieutenant · August 14, 1968
- RICHARD DANIEL NOVAKLance Corporal · August 14, 1968
- KERMIT C PETERSON JRPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
From Lillington
- EUGENE WESLEY WICKERCorporal · September 5, 1968
- MARVIN ARTHUR GIESStaff Sergeant · January 21, 1969
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.