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MICHAEL JAMES PARMERTER
Captain · U.S. Army
July 30, 1944 – June 22, 1969
Service recordMichael James Parmerter, of Midland Park, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 113
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
- Parachutist, Fa Unit Commander (71193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Midland Park, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22W, Line 113
- JAMES EDWARD MCMAHONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1969
- JAMES H MCNEILLYSpecialist Five · June 22, 1969
- WALTER RAY MILLER JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1969
- RICHARD RAMOSPrivate First Class · June 22, 1969
From Midland Park
- ALAN HARRY ZIMMERMANFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1967
- NORMAN ROBERT GOBLESpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- BRIAN FRANCIS WEDLAKEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- STEVEN JOEL FOSTERCorporal · August 24, 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.