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LOUIE SNYDER PARHAM
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 26, 1943 – March 16, 1965
Service recordLouie Snyder Parham, of Novice, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 16, 1965, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 96
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Novice, Texas (Coleman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1965; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In March 1965, 22 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 96
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- JACK WEBB KLEIN SRStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1965
- WILLIAM HENRY CAMPBELLCaptain · March 21, 1965
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.