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ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JR
Major · U.S. Army
February 12, 1930 – June 18, 1965
Service recordAndrew Dayton Parker JR, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- February 12, 1930
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1965
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 11
- JACKIE WILLARD SANFORDMajor · June 16, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT SCHUMANNMajor · June 16, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JERRY ALLAN HIEMERSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.