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DANNY LYNN PARKER
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 20, 1946 – June 6, 1969
Service recordDanny Lynn Parker, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 91
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 91
- STEVEN JAY PHILBRICKPrivate · June 6, 1969
- JAMES FREDERICK PUARIEASergeant · June 6, 1969
- ROY LINDSEY RAMEYSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
- JOHN DAVID RHODES IIICorporal · June 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY HULAN BARBEEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 82
- STEPHEN BURL GEURINPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 86
- WILLIE LEE JOESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 88
- PETER ALLEN LEHMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 89
- ERNESTO ROSARIO-SOTO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 92
- JAMES LOUIS TODTENBIERSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 93
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.