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ROGER ALAN PARRISH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 12, 1947 – June 10, 1969
Service recordRoger Alan Parrish, of Manhattan, Kansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 15
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Manhattan, Kansas (Riley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22W, Line 15
- LAWRENCE COPPEDGESpecialist Four · June 10, 1969
- ANDREW PARTIDAPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- EMIDIO PASQUALUCCIPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE SHAKLEYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
From Manhattan
- DEAN ALBERT KLENDAMajor · September 17, 1965
- BARTON WAINWRIGHT CAREYPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- EDWARD THEODORE GORMAN IIICorporal · May 16, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE BRENNERMajor · June 13, 1968
- LEO LARRY HADLEYFirst Lieutenant · August 14, 1968
- BILLY RAYMOND CHADWICKSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
- PHILIP JAMES ENLOWSpecialist Five · November 1, 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.