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CARTER PARKER JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 20, 1947 – October 24, 1970
Service recordCarter Parker JR, of Monroeville, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 19
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Monroeville, Alabama (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 19
- THOMAS EDWARD HEIDEMANMaster Sergeant · October 24, 1970
- RUSSELL WESLEY MULDERSergeant · October 24, 1970
- MICHAEL HARRELD PETERSONFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1970
- CRAIG BRIAN SCHIELECaptain · October 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL WESLEY MULDERSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 19
- MICHAEL HARRELD PETERSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 19
- JEFFREY MICHAEL SHAWStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 20
- GREGARY ALAN WILKSSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 20
From Monroeville
- JAMES CONRAD MARSHALLCorporal · January 31, 1968
- DAVID ROGER WIGGINSSergeant · April 6, 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.