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ARTHUR M PARKER III
Captain · U.S. Army
May 7, 1944 – May 29, 1968
Service recordArthur M Parker III, of Lake City, South Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 11
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Lake City, South Carolina (Florence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 11
- DONALD STEVEN PALMOREPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- FREDERICK JOSEPH PERKINSCorporal · May 29, 1968
- ROBERT KENT PERRYSpecialist Four · May 29, 1968
- JOHN DENIS PETERSCorporal · May 29, 1968
From Lake City
- TITUS LEVEN BURGESSPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
- ROOSEVELT SPEIGHTSPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
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.