The Wall › Panel 4E › California › Bennie Frank Parker
BENNIE FRANK PARKER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 2, 1940 – January 30, 1966
Service recordBennie Frank Parker, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 120
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 2, 1940
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 120
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- ALFRED JEFFERSON HOLDENTechnical Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 118
- RICHARD DAVENPORTPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 119
- RUBEN DELGADOPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 119
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 120
- JOSE NEGRON-RODRIGUEZPrivate · Panel 4E, Line 121
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 121
- JAMES BILL ROGOFFSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 121
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
- ROBERT JESS CALVILLOCorporal · February 28, 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.