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OSCAR ROBERT PARROTT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 8, 1946 – May 4, 1967
Service recordOscar Robert Parrott, of Maryville, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 40
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- August 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Maryville, Tennessee (Blount County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 40
- LEWIS RAYMOND NICKERSONPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- WILLIAM HOWARD RIVERSPetty Officer Third Class · May 4, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD ROGERSMajor · May 4, 1967
- ELWOOD CHARLES SOVEY JRPetty Officer Third Class · May 4, 1967
From Maryville
- FRED CALVIN RUSSELLSergeant First Class · February 10, 1967
- WAYNE OLIVER GAYPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- DONALD CLAY COULTERPrivate First Class · August 7, 1967
- ROBERT LEE ROGERSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- WILLIAM CARL HOPPERPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- WAYNE CHARLES WILLIAMSCorporal · June 26, 1968
- JAMES HOUSTON ROULETTSpecialist Five · June 27, 1968
- GORDON LEE WHEELERStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1969
- THOMAS JACKSON GRINDSTAFFSpecialist Five · March 21, 1969
- JOHNNY LEON BRYANTCaptain · May 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.