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CALVIN ALAN PARKS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 11, 1945 – May 8, 1967
Service recordCalvin Alan Parks, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 64
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; 45 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 64
- CLYDE EDWARD NEWMANPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- ARTHUR CARLYLE PEREZPetty Officer First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD PERRYLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- EMMETT JACK PETERSLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.