The Wall › Panel 41W › Virginia › Arnold Ray Parker
ARNOLD RAY PARKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 6, 1946 – October 4, 1968
Service recordArnold Ray Parker, of Natural Bridge, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 7
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 2 BN 94 ARTY 108 ARTY GRP
- Born
- May 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Natural Bridge, Virginia (Rockbridge County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B BTRY 2 BN 94 ARTY 108 ARTY GRP”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 7
- HARRY ALLEN PETERSENPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE POWERSPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- WILLIAM LOUIS ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · October 4, 1968
- JOHN PAUL STEPPPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY ALLEN TOWNESergeant · Panel 41W, Line 8
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.