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Rank and organization: Technician 4th Grade, U.S. Army, Medical Detachment, 161st Infantry, 25th Infantry Division . Place and date: Binalonan, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 18-24 January 1945. Entered service at: Ronan, Mont. Birth: Knox City, Mo. G.O. No.: 55, 13 July 1945. Citation... He was medical aid man with Company C during the fighting in Binalonan,
Luzon, Philippine Islands. On the 18th, he observed 2 wounded men under
enemy fire and immediately went to their rescue. After moving 1 to
cover, he crossed 25 yards of open ground to administer aid to the
second. In the early hours of the 24th, his company, crossing an open
field near San Manuel, encountered intense enemy fire and was ordered to
withdraw to the cover of a ditch. While treating the casualties,
Technician Parrish observed 2 wounded still in the field. |
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Without hesitation he left the ditch, crawled
forward under enemy fire, and in 2 successive trips brought both men
to safety. He next administered aid to 12 casualties in the same
field, crossing and re-crossing the open area raked by hostile fire.
Making successive trips, he then brought 3 wounded in to cover.
After treating nearly all of the 37 casualties suffered by his
company, he was mortally wounded by mortar fire, and shortly after
was killed. The indomitable spirit, intrepidity, and gallantry of
Technician Parrish saved many lives at the cost of his own. | |
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Parrish, Laverne
