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RONALD ALLEN PARSONS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 3, 1944 – December 24, 1967
Service recordRonald Allen Parsons, of York, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 55
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 3, 1944
- Home of record
- York, Maine (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1967. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 32E, Line 55
- JOHN MICHAEL NEALONLance Corporal · December 24, 1967
- LARRY WENDELL PIERCEPrivate First Class · December 24, 1967
- VERNIE HOMER POWERSPrivate First Class · December 24, 1967
- TRAVIS ROBERT SUTTONSpecialist Four · December 24, 1967
From York
- ROBERT B YOUNGSpecialist Four · April 22, 1971
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.