THE WALL OF FACES

Some may think you are forgotten
Though on earth you are no more
But in our memory you are with us
As you always were before….

PFC Michael Joseph McParlane is buried in Division 17, Row J, Grave 302 of the Mount Saint Mary Cemetery in Flushing, NY.

Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

HOOAH, Doc

Dear PFC Michael McParlane, Thank you for your service as a Medical Corpsman. Thank you for the lives you saved. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Tomorrow is the anniversary of the terror attacks. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

On June 9, 2005, Regis President Rev. Joseph A. O’Hare, SJ ’48, presided at the installation of a plaque at the rear of the chapel. It reads: In loving memory of the Sons of Regis who have given their lives for God and Country In Conflicts since 1950.
More than 58,000 Americans died in the Vietnam War; 1,741 were from New York City. Three are listed on that plaque at Regis High School. And their stories are online at .

On 2Jun69 Delta Company’s medic (Bill Larsen) was shot 3 times trying to give aid to a squad from one of the other platoons that had been ambushed. Our platoon medic (Mike McParlane) went up to try to save Bill and was fatally wounded. By the time Adam Hernandez and I got to the ambush site, all the wounded except for Bill had been removed, and Adam was somehow able to drag him back to the medevac helicopter. Delta Company lost some brave men that day, and those who go into combat, not to kill, but to save the lives of their friends (like Mike and Bill did) are the bravest of the brave. Bill survived. Mike did not.