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CHARLES H PARKS JR
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
July 31, 1948 – August 21, 1969
Service recordCharles H Parks JR, of Aiken, South Carolina, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 89
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Aiken, South Carolina (Aiken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 89
- RUDOLPH STEPHEN PARRISHPrivate First Class · August 21, 1969
- LUIS E QUINTANA-SOTOPrivate First Class · August 21, 1969
- ROBERT THOMAS RAZZANOPetty Officer Second Class · August 21, 1969
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER TOSH IIICorporal · August 21, 1969
From Aiken
- JAMES LOUIS DOUSEPrivate First Class · December 24, 1965
- HAROLD PAUL LEAPHARTCorporal · September 17, 1966
- FRANKLIN HAMILTON PENNPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- WAYNE BOYDPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- JOSEPH BOYCE ADAMSSeaman · August 16, 1968
- DWANE LONNIE ADAMSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- ROY GIBSON MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- WILLIAM HUNTER KILBURNPrivate First Class · May 31, 1970
- CLIFTON EUGENE CALLAHANPrivate First Class · February 5, 1971
- CAESAR MURRAYAirman First Class · March 19, 1971
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.