GREEN BERETS Parrish, Frank Collins

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Parrish ​

• FORENAME

Frank Collins ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (Company D,Det A-411) ​

• RANK

Sergeant First Class ​

• NUMBER

449423626​

• DATE OF DEATH

16th January 1968 ​

• AGE

36 ​

• GRAVESITE

Rosehill Cemetery,Cleburne,Johnson County,Texas​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Cleburne,Texas​

born 19.9.1931 Big Spring,Texas​

son of Johnnie Napoleon and Josie Irene (nee McElroy) Parrish​

husband of Frances Marie (nee Van Kirk) Parrish (1933-2019) (married 1.8.1953 Fort Worth) (1 daughter Lisa Gail)​

entered service 14.10.1948 Cleburne,Texas​

served Korean War​

medic​

KIA An Giang Province,South Vietnam​

survivors reported him POW and executed by Viet Cong​

promoted Master Sergeant posthumously ​

remains incorrectly identified and buried 1973​

remains repatriated 27.4.1989 and identified​

buried 2.1.1990​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 34E Line 59 ​

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