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GEORGE JOSEPH PARKER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 10, 1941 – April 20, 1969
Service recordGeorge Joseph Parker JR, of Rochester, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 20, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 10, 1941
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 15
- GLENARD JAY GREGORYSergeant · April 20, 1969
- SILAS WILLIAM PAROBEKPrivate First Class · April 20, 1969
- TYRONE JOSEPH STATENFirst Lieutenant · April 20, 1969
- WILLIAM CODAR STATESStaff Sergeant · April 20, 1969
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
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.