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LIONEL PARRA JR
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
April 12, 1938 – July 17, 1968
Service recordLionel Parra JR, of Sacramento, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on July 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 45
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electronic/Warfare/Airborne Reconnaissance Officer (7586)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMCJ 1 MAG 11 1 MAW
- Born
- April 12, 1938
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 17, 1968
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VMCJ 1 MAG 11 1 MAW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 52W, Line 45
- GARY LEE LABONTECorporal · July 17, 1968
- ROBERT DONALD LETSCH JRLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- MICHAEL PHILLIP MADRIDHospitalman · July 17, 1968
- DEAN EDWARD NICHOLASLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARIEL LINDLEY CROSSMajor · Panel 52W, Line 41
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.