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DALE WARREN PARKER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 23, 1943 – April 6, 1968
Service recordDale Warren Parker, of Bradenton, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 32
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Bradenton, Florida (Manatee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 32
- DAVID ALLEN PARKERStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN PEPPERPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- DANIEL FRANCIS REIDSpecialist Four · April 6, 1968
- BENITO BOBO RODRIGUEZSergeant · April 6, 1968
From Bradenton
- ROBERT BREWSTER LOWEFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1966
- HAROLD STANLEY WILSONSpecialist Four · February 19, 1967
- JOHN R VANNORMAN IIILance Corporal · June 14, 1967
- BLAKELY IRVING DAVIS JRHospitalman · July 29, 1967
- JAMES HAROLD BEAVERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- FRED CARLTON JENKINSSpecialist Five · April 2, 1968
- LARRY CHARLES BOLYARDFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- SHERRY JOE HADLEYCorporal · May 27, 1968
- BOBBY LEE RILEYPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- GERALD WAYNE ALBRITTONCorporal · June 3, 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.