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WILLIAM BRICE PARNELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 29, 1938 – February 22, 1966
Service recordWilliam Brice Parnell, of Coats, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 29, 1938
- Home of record
- Coats, North Carolina (Harnett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5E, Line 62
- ADAN MONSIVAIS OLVERAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- RICARDO JAMES PEREZSergeant · February 22, 1966
- CHARLES A SOUTHARD IIISergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · Panel 5E, Line 59
From Coats
- DONALD DAVID STEWARTStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1965
- DONNY RAE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- LARRY D MCKOYCorporal · July 12, 1969
- WILLIAM SHERRILL WILLISLieutenant Colonel · April 4, 1975
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.