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MANUEL FRANCISCO PARRA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 22, 1948 – August 8, 1969
Service recordManuel Francisco Parra, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 115
- MICHAEL HARRIS PAINTERPetty Officer First Class · August 8, 1969
- GEORGE WASHINGTON PIERCESergeant First Class · August 8, 1969
- HENRY LEE PIPPINSergeant Major · August 8, 1969
- STANLEY ROBERT RAJALACorporal · August 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WAYNE COOPERSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 112
- DWIGHT DUNARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 113
- DENNIS JOSEPH GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 113
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.