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MICHAEL LAWRENCE PARISH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 22, 1948 – June 1, 1967
Service recordMichael Lawrence Parish, of Perris, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 1, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 29
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Perris, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “L CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 29
- RODERICK DANE MCMURRYCorporal · June 1, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS PARKER IIIPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- EDWARD HAROLD RIXMANNPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- DANIEL THOMAS SCHMIDTLance Corporal · June 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY CURTIS CUPPLESCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 26
From Perris
- VICTOR RALPH PARKERPrivate · October 11, 1965
- LUIS MARTINEZ GONSALEZPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
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.