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A L PARKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 8, 1945 – September 16, 1965
Service recordA L Parks, of Antlers, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- A TRP 1 SQD 1 CAV AMER DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Antlers, Oklahoma (Pushmataha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 85
- EDUARDO CAMARENA-SALAZARPrivate First Class · September 17, 1965
- DEAN ALBERT KLENDAMajor · September 17, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
From Antlers
- THOMAS JOE WADEPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.