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ALBERT EDEN PARKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 12, 1951 – November 23, 1969
Service recordAlbert Eden Parker, of State Park, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 112
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 12, 1951
- Home of record
- State Park, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 112
- ROBERT ANDREW CLEMENTSCaptain · November 23, 1969
- GRAYLAND JONESPrivate First Class · November 23, 1969
- VINCENT BURKE LEESecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1969
- ROBERT MOORE JRSpecialist Four · November 23, 1969
From State Park
- JAMES BELTONSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
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.