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ROY BROWN PARSONS
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
December 7, 1931 – February 20, 1968
Service recordRoy Brown Parsons, of Perkins, Oklahoma, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 46
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 355 AVN CO 268 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 7, 1931
- Home of record
- Perkins, Oklahoma (Payne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1968; eight of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 46
- DAVID LLOYD MOREHOUSEPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL OLSZEWSKIPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- VINCENT BERTRAM PARKHURSTSergeant First Class · February 20, 1968
- DONALD DEWAYNE PHILBECKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
From Perkins
- JAMES RICHARD TOMLINSONSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- EDGAR DEWAYNE BELLPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
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.