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THE SPRINGFIELD 50 PROJECT
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Charles
Edward
Parsons
Personal
Data:
Birth Date:
9/17/46
Birth Place:
Jessup, GA
Sex:
Male
Race:
Caucasian
Religion:
Roman Catholic
U.S. Citizen:
Yes
Father's Name:
Mother's Name:
Sibling Names:
Marital Status:
Single
Wife's Name:
Offspring Names:
Education:
School Attended:
Sumner Avenue School, Springfield, MA
School Start Date:
6/11/56
School Attended:
Forest Park Junior High School, Springfield, MA
School Start Date:
9/3/58
School Attended:
John J. Duggan Junior High School, Springfield, MA
School Start Date:
3/25/59
School Attended:
Cathedral High School, Springfield, MA
School Start Date:
9/7/60
High School Diploma:
Yes
Diploma Year:
1964
Selective
Service Data:
SSS Local Board Number:
83
SSS Local Board Location:
Springfield, MA
SSS Registration Date:
11/2/64
SSS Registrant Description:
6' 2"/170 pounds/brown hair/blue eyes
Military
Service Record:
Entry Date:
12/15/64
Entry Mode:
Enlistment
Entry Location:
Hartford, CT
Home Of Record:
Springfield, MA
Military Branch:
Marine Corps
Military Component:
Regular
Rank:
Sergeant
Rank Abbrev:
SGT
Pay Grade:
E5
MOS:
2542
MOS Title:
Communications Center Operator
Awards Received:
Purple Heart Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Vietnam Service Medal;
Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Length Of Service:
3 years
Southeast Asia
Tour Data:
Date Tour Commenced:
10/15/66
Major Command:
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Sub Command 1:
Fleet Marine Force, Pacific
Sub Command 2:
5th Communication Battalion
Sub Command 3:
Headquarters Company
Vehicle/Equipment Type:
CH-46D assigned to HMM-262
Vehicle/Equipment S/N:
153360
Army Campaign Number:
4th
Army Campaign Name:
Counteroffensive, Phase II
Casualty Data:
Casualty Date:
2/28/68
Casualty Time:
1230
Co-Casualties:
KIA: PFC David Z. Balades; CPL Alfredo Benigni; CPL Kenneth R. Bradley; CPL
Robert E. Caldwell; LCPL Ronald S. H. Christman; LCPL Kyle J. Coles; CPL
Donald N. Cooper; CPL Ronald L. Dempsey; LCPL Matthew M. Dwyer Jr; CPT John P.
Ellis; CPL Danny D. GARD; SGT Marc W. McCabe; MAJ Edwin G. Meixner; SGT James
H. Mikels Jr; CPT Robert L. Sevell; PFC Emmett C. Stanton; CPT Jay W. Stull;
SGT John P. Toth; CPL William O. Turner.
Casualty Age:
21
Casualty Data 1:
Hostile
Casualty Data 2:
Helicopter Non-Crew
Casualty Data 3:
Air Loss-Crash On Land
Casualty Province:
Quang Tri Province
Casualty Country:
South Vietnam
Located In Or Near:
6.5 miles NE Khe Sanh
Body:
Recovered
Burial/Memorial:
Burial Location:
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Burial Plot Location:
Burial Date:
4/1/68
Consigned Funeral Home:
Superintendent, Arlington National Cemetery
Escort Name:
SGT Larry C. Reynolds, USMC
Springfield 50 Casualty Order:
19th
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel Number:
41E
Line Number:
70
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