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ERIC PARKER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 31, 1948 – July 26, 1968
Service recordEric Parker, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 26, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 15
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- December 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 15
- TERRY ALLEN FRECHETTESpecialist Four · July 26, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS MCNUTTPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
- RICHARD MARK ONEALCorporal · July 26, 1968
- MANUEL MENDOZA SIQUEIROSPetty Officer Second Class · July 26, 1968
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.