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DONALD FREDRICK PARKER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 13, 1946 – January 20, 1968
Service recordDonald Fredrick Parker, of Dalton, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AMTRACS 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Dalton, Georgia (Whitfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 91
- WARREN HENRY RALYA JRCorporal · January 20, 1968
- RICHARD PETER REYNOLDS JRSecond Lieutenant · January 20, 1968
- PAUL MICHAEL ROBERTSPrivate · January 20, 1968
- MICHELE MCCORD ROSEBERRYLance Corporal · January 20, 1968
From Dalton
- MICHAEL CLAY NATIONSSergeant · September 17, 1966
- KENNETH WAYNE OGLESSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- KENNETH IAN FINKELCorporal · September 20, 1967
- LAWRENCE BUFORD FLOWERSFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 1967
- CHARLES EVAN BEAVERSLance Corporal · October 16, 1967
- WILLIAM LAMAR DWIGHTLance Corporal · December 2, 1967
- KENNETH JERRY WILLIAMSSergeant · February 2, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM CLINESpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- GARY ROBERT CRUSESpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
- JERRY LYNN POEPrivate First Class · September 15, 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.