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DAVID WAYNE PARKER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 2, 1947 – February 6, 1969
Service recordDavid Wayne Parker, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 73
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Stone Mountain, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 33W, Line 73
- DAVID EUGENE PADGETTMajor · February 6, 1969
- DONALD EUGENE PARSONSLieutenant Colonel · February 6, 1969
- MISTER REDDIX JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1969
- WILLIAM BOYD REEDYSpecialist Four · February 6, 1969
From Stone Mountain
- LARRY RONALD KILPATRICKLieutenant Commander · June 18, 1972
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.