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CHARLES JOHN PARKER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 18, 1948 – October 23, 1968
Service recordCharles John Parker, of Royal Oak, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 23, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 25
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- H CO 2 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Royal Oak, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 25
- ROBERT LEWIS JONESPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- HAROLD DOUGLAS MARTINFirst Lieutenant · October 23, 1968
- MARION EUGENE REEDMajor · October 23, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS REILLYSecond Lieutenant · October 23, 1968
From Royal Oak
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER KNAGGSCaptain · October 29, 1964
- ROBERT EDWARDS RAWLSCaptain · September 18, 1965
- MARTIN JOHN MASSUCCIMajor · October 1, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN TOWNSENDSergeant First Class · November 4, 1965
- JARMO ANTERO KARIPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- RONALD LOUIS POWELLLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- DONALD ALLEN SMITH JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- THOMAS EDDY BIRDSALLLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- LARRY DAVID ROSSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- DAVID FRANKLIN VANDERCOOKPrivate First Class · February 25, 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.