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EUAN JOHN ERNEST PARKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 18, 1946 – May 26, 1969
Service recordEuan John Ernest Parker, of Brigham City, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 112
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Brigham City, Utah (Box Elder County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 112
- HENRY LEE MCARTHURCorporal · May 26, 1969
- ERIC DARYL NADEAUSpecialist Four · May 26, 1969
- GEORGE HOBERT NOECorporal · May 26, 1969
- EDWIN ROMAN-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · May 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ERIC DARYL NADEAUSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 112
From Brigham City
- STEVEN LEE BRUDERERSeaman · December 16, 1967
- GREG BLAINE BELEWSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- JERRY DEAN SMITHSpecialist Four · November 16, 1969
- TERREL OLIN KIMBERStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1971
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.