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PETER PAUL PARNELL JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 4, 1948 – December 22, 1969
Service recordPeter Paul Parnell JR, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 83
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 83
- BRUCE ALLEN MCCORMICKSergeant · December 22, 1969
- GERALD E NIEWENHOUS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 22, 1969
- CHARLES RANSOME RAINESPrivate First Class · December 22, 1969
- JOHN NORMENT RANSONSpecialist Four · December 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD KENNEDYStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 81
- JOHN NORMENT RANSONSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 83
- HARRY FRANKLIN ZALESNY JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 15W, Line 84
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.