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LIONEL EUGENE PARSONS
Captain · U.S. Army
January 25, 1941 – November 12, 1969
Service recordLionel Eugene Parsons, of Weleetka, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 66
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 25, 1941
- Home of record
- Weleetka, Oklahoma (Okfuskee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 66
- DANIEL FRANCIS LYNCH JRLance Corporal · November 12, 1969
- LARRY CLARENCE MOSHERSergeant · November 12, 1969
- WILLIAM MCGREGOR PIERPONTSecond Lieutenant · November 12, 1969
- RANDOLPH VINCENT RHEASpecialist Five · November 12, 1969
From Weleetka
- JOHN LEE INGRAMPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- HAROLD E BOWMANSergeant · July 16, 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.