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GERALD PHILLIP PARKEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 24, 1942 – October 6, 1967
Service recordGerald Phillip Parkel, of North Hollywood, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 61
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1942
- Home of record
- North Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 61
- ROBERT GEORGE POREAWarrant Officer 1 · October 6, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER RUBEN SALEHPrivate First Class · October 6, 1967
- TJEERD SCHOELIERSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD SIMONPrivate First Class · October 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ERNIE JON ELFENBEINCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 59
From North Hollywood
- WILLIAM ALBERT REIDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1964
- JAMES IRVING PRATTPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1965
- ROBIN ARTHUR RARIGPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- LLOYD TAYLOR RUGGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- MICHAEL BRYAN GRIMESLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- BRENT EUGENE MATHISStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · July 29, 1967
- HUGH W CROSSStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1967
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.