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CARL SYLVESTER PARKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 24, 1947 – June 3, 1966
Service recordCarl Sylvester Parker, of Hutchins, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 4
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Hutchins, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 4
- RICHARD MADDEN JRPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- RUSSELL DEAN MARTINLieutenant Colonel · June 3, 1966
- HAROLD EUGENE MULLINSChief Master Sergeant · June 3, 1966
- MELVIN TETSUO NISHIYAMAPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JORGE LUIS ISALES-BENITEZSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 3
- DONALD LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 3
From Hutchins
- CHARLES LEE COLLEPSSergeant · June 17, 1968
- SANDERFIERD ALLEN JONESSpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
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.