US PARAS 2 Parkhurst, Vincent Bertram (Parky)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Parkhurst​

• FORENAME

Vincent Bertram (Parky)​

• UNIT

506 Infantry Regiment (Airmobile) (Company B,3 Bn)​

• RANK

Staff Sergeant​

• NUMBER

17387871​

• DATE OF DEATH

20th February 1968​

• AGE

34​

• GRAVESITE

Fort Snelling National Cemetery,Minneapolis,Hennepin County,Minnesota Section O Site 1029​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Chicago,Illinois​

born 17.1.1934 Redlake,Minnesota (Pine Ridge,South Dakota in one source)​

son of Nora G. (nee Martinez) and late Charles Douglas (died 1952) Parkhurst​

husband of Eva Parkhurst,Chicago,Illinois (5 children)​

Native American​

graduated Redlake High School 1953​

14 years service​

509 Infantry Regiment (Company B,1 Bn) (Sgt) 1963​

ROTC instructor,Waller High School,Chicago​

506 Infantry Regiment 4.11.1967​

promoted Sgt First Class posthumously​

KIA Binh Thuan Province,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 40E Line 46​

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