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BILLY RAY PARKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 1, 1949 – May 19, 1970
Service recordBilly Ray Parker, of Owenton, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Owenton, Kentucky (Owen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 66
- BILLY RAY LUCASSergeant · May 19, 1970
- JOSEPH STEPHEN PRINCECaptain · May 19, 1970
- LARRY JAMES RIGNEYPrivate First Class · May 19, 1970
- FRANK DEMON SALTERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1970
- ALLEN DAWAN UDINKSpecialist Four · December 29, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CLARK AIRLIESergeant · Panel 10W, Line 63
- JOSEPH STEPHEN PRINCECaptain · Panel 10W, Line 66
From Owenton
- JOHN R GRIMESCorporal · February 18, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE JUETTPrivate First Class · November 8, 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.