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MICHAEL JOSEPH MCPARLANE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 23, 1945 – June 3, 1969
Service recordMichael Joseph McParlane, of Flushing, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 56
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 56
- LARRY DEAN MCKENZIESergeant · June 3, 1969
- FLETCHER JACOB NOWLIN JRSpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
- GUILLERMO PARISICorporal · June 3, 1969
- RODDIE LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS FLOYD BIBERDORFCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 50
- STEPHEN DUANE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 53
- GAYLORD GERALD KERRStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 53
- CHARLES EDWARD MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 55
- ALLEN HARVEY ROBERTSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 57
- WALTER S SEDDIGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 59
- CHARLES VALEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 60
- GREGORY RAYMOND VOGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 60
From Flushing
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 30, 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.