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RUDOLPH STEPHEN PARRISH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 9, 1948 – August 21, 1969
Service recordRudolph Stephen Parrish, of Fremont, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 89
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Fremont, North Carolina (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 19W, Line 89
- CHARLES H PARKS JRHospitalman · August 21, 1969
- LUIS E QUINTANA-SOTOPrivate First Class · August 21, 1969
- ROBERT THOMAS RAZZANOPetty Officer Second Class · August 21, 1969
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER TOSH IIICorporal · August 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JACK LEE CONNORSPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 85
- ROBERT ARTHUR JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 87
- WILLIAM MIRANDACorporal · Panel 19W, Line 88
- LUIS E QUINTANA-SOTOPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 89
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.