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PAUL GENE PARSONS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 16, 1945 – March 4, 1966
Service recordPaul Gene Parsons, of Van Wert, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 108
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Van Wert, Ohio (Van Wert County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 108
- HENRY DUANE ODOMPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- SAMUEL GIZZI ORLANDOHospitalman Apprentice · March 4, 1966
- JACKIE DEAN REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN JOSEPH BUELLSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 100
- JAMES EDWARD BUSHSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 100
- PHILLIP HENRY CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 100
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 101
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 101
- REUBEN LOUIS GARNETT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 102
- HARRY M GODWINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 102
- WOODROW WILSON HAM JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 103
- JOHN MERRILL HARDENSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 103
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 105
- ARNELL KEYESPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 105
- JACK WAYNE LINDSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 106
- ALBERTO A LUCEROSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 107
- DIEGO MERCADOSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 107
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 109
- ROSCOE L VICKSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 110
- CHARLES DAVID WADSWORTHPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 110
- MICHAEL ROBERT YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 111
From Van Wert
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- DAVID GLEASON FELLPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1968
- LARRY EDGAR EVANSCorporal · March 8, 1969
- COURTNEY JAMES COSGROVESpecialist Four · June 29, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWIN CARTERCorporal · September 16, 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.