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Richard Earl "Dick" Parsons served in the Vietnam War with Headquarters Company, 79th Engineer Group (Construction), RVN as a Specialist 5 (T) and construction surveyor. While serving in Vietnam, he was decorated for exceptional performance, leadership, technical knowledge, and the quality and precision of his work while bearing total responsibility for surveying an airfield and cantonments for 34,200 men assigned to various commands throughout the 79th Engineer Group's area of responsibility. He was inducted on 8 March 1966 at Cooperstown, NY, and honorably discharged on 7 March 1968 at Fort Hood, TX.
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