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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Roger David Parmentier.

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ROGER DAVID PARMENTIER

Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army

February 22, 1947 – August 17, 1970

Service record

Roger David Parmentier, of Littleton, Colorado, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 8W · Line 119

Position of Panel 8W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Second Lieutenant (2LT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
Unit (as recorded)
101 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
February 22, 1947
Home of record
Littleton, Colorado (Arapahoe County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 17, 1970
Age
23
Province
Thua Thien
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

18 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 8W, Line 119

Same unit, same day

From Littleton

All 21 names from Littleton →

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.