The Wall › Panel 14E › California › Richard Lynn Parham
RICHARD LYNN PARHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 15, 1944 – January 30, 1967
Service recordRichard Lynn Parham, of Modesto, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 98
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Modesto, California (Stanislaus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 98
- GERALD JOSEPH MAGUIREPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- DANIEL JOHN MYERSSpecialist Four · January 30, 1967
- ROBERT LEE POSEY JRSergeant · January 30, 1967
- RUDOLPH REMULARSpecialist Four · January 30, 1967
From Modesto
- ERNEST KAY GERHARDTPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- JACK DALE MCCLURECaptain · December 31, 1965
- JOSEPH ANTHONY RANDAZZOLance Corporal · January 31, 1966
- NEAL ARTHUR RASMUSSENStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1966
- JOHN ROY MARKILLIEPetty Officer Third Class · June 21, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM BARTLOWLance Corporal · July 18, 1966
- DONALD CHARLES VAUGHANSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES WEBORGCorporal · January 23, 1967
- ROBERT NICOLAS STAUDSeaman · March 6, 1967
- WILLIAM L DORNBERGH JRSpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
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.