HONORED ON PANEL 12W, LINE 89 OF THE WALL
RONALD NEAL PARSONS
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RONALD N PARSONS
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POSTED ON 3.10.2025
POSTED BY: [email protected]
Attack on Tay Ninh Base Camp – April 3, 1970
Operation Toan Thang IV ("Complete Victory") [November 1, 1969 - May 1, 1970] was a U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) operation designed to keep pressure on Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnam Army forces in Military Region III. The operation sought to established South Vietnamese governmental control in the areas surrounding the capital of Saigon following the Tet Offensive of 1968. Allied initiatives brought the fighting to the enemy wherever intelligence reports indicated his presence. The enemy, on the other hand, initiated activity which tended to be stand-off attacks. During the second quarter of 1970, ten shelling incidents were reported in the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division area of operations. The most significant event was an attack on Tay Ninh Base Camp located twelve kilometers (7.4 miles) from the Cambodian border in Tay Ninh Province. At 7:10 AM on April 3, 1970, three 122mm rockets were launched against the base, killing two and wounding ten. The lost personnel included 1st Cavalry Division helicopter mechanics SSG James F. Lee and SP4 Ronald N. Parsons from the 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion. A third 229th aviation specialist, SP6 Richard F. Heath, died ten days later at the U.S. Army’s 249th General Hospital in Japan where he had been evacuated for treatment. Material losses during the barrage were one building heavily damaged and light damage to another. [Sourced at coffeltdatabase.org and “Operational Report – Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 25th Infantry Division, Period Ending 30 April 1970” at archive.org]
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POSTED ON 10.5.2023
POSTED BY: john fabris
honoring you....
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….
Though on earth you are no more
But in our memory you are with us
As you always were before….
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POSTED ON 11.11.2021
POSTED BY: Trish Parsons
Loving Brother
Wish you were here.
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POSTED ON 5.30.2021
POSTED BY: Renee Thornsberry