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DAVID ALLEN PARKER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 3, 1944 – April 6, 1968
Service recordDavid Allen Parker, of San Angelo, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. 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
- Cavalry Scout (19D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 3, 1944
- Home of record
- San Angelo, Texas (Tom Green County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 48E, Line 32
- DALE WARREN 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 San Angelo
- CHARLES MILTON FITTSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- LEROY BURKS JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- MICHAEL COURTNEY QUINNSeaman · May 24, 1967
- LOUIS FARR JONESColonel · November 29, 1967
- HENRY WILBURN HARTMANSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- ROBERTO PENA RIOSPrivate · March 4, 1968
- HARRIS LESTER COLLINSCorporal · April 26, 1968
- JIMMY RAY WHELESSCorporal · May 9, 1968
- REX WAYNE DOYLESpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
- OSCAR REINA JUAREZPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
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.