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DAVID NORTON PARKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 11, 1947 – June 24, 1967
Service recordDavid Norton Parks, of Concord, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 59
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Concord, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 59
- MICHAEL DAVID PERKINSLance Corporal · June 24, 1967
- GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURGSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- ROBERT CARL SHERMANSergeant · June 24, 1967
- HAROLD ELLSWORTH SOUTHARDPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
From Concord
- EMIL ROGER ZISSSergeant · September 30, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH CALLANANCaptain · January 7, 1966
- FRANK LEE GONDERMANSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS MELENDRESSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- ORVILLE BILL FRITSSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD FLICKINGERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- JOSEPH V SHERLOCK IIISpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- WALTER R BOETTCHER JRSecond Lieutenant · December 6, 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.