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EDGAR EUGENE PARKER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 9, 1928 – July 23, 1968
Service recordEdgar Eugene Parker, of Anderson, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 43
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 9, 1928
- Home of record
- Anderson, South Carolina (Anderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 43
- THOMAS RUDOLPH OWENSGunnery Sergeant · July 23, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PEARSONFireman · July 23, 1968
- RICHARD LEE ROUSSEAUPrivate · July 23, 1968
- JACK WADE SCARBOROUGH JRSergeant · July 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SID HILLStaff Sergeant · Panel 51W, Line 40
From Anderson
- HEWETT FRANK EVASTUS COEChief Petty Officer · May 20, 1962
- JAMES ROY BROOKS JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- WILBURN ROBERSONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- HAROLD GUINN MCDOWELLPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MATTISONStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1968
- WILLIE FRANK FOSTERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- DOYLE WILLIAMSPlatoon Sergeant · April 2, 1968
- RANDOLPH SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 11, 1970
- ROBERT LOUIS KINGSpecialist Four · July 5, 1970
- RONALD ELWOOD FIELDSStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1970
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.