The Wall › Panel 67W › Nevada › Samuel W Parnelle III
SAMUEL W PARNELLE III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 17, 1947 – May 25, 1968
Service recordSamuel W Parnelle III, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 67W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67W · Line 3
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67W, Line 3
- JOHN LOUIS RAMSEYSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- JOE ALLEN REEDSergeant · May 25, 1968
- LEONARD ALLAN ROYPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- JOHN CONRAD SEEBODEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GAZZETT BEN BRUNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 69W, Line 2
- ALONZO CARLTON COLLIERCorporal · Panel 69W, Line 2
- KELLY FIELDSPrivate First Class · Panel 69W, Line 3
- DENNIS RAY SWANTAKStaff Sergeant · Panel 67W, Line 5
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 1967
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.