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GLENN ALLEN PARKS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 31, 1945 – June 20, 1970
Service recordGlenn Allen Parks, of Crete, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Crete, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 74
- ROBERT LEE PORTERSpecialist Four · June 20, 1970
- ROGER LEE PORTERAirman · June 20, 1970
- MELVIN NEAL RUTHERFORDSergeant · June 20, 1970
- RONALD EUGENE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · June 20, 1970
From Crete
- CHARLES MANLEY GATTIS JRLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- TERRENCE E KIERZNOWSKIPetty Officer Second Class · September 12, 1969
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.