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HAROLD LESLIE PARKIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 5, 1947 – June 5, 1969
Service recordHarold Leslie Parkin, of Pontiac, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 77
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Pontiac, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 77
- LAWRENCE PATRICK MULVEYSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
- JAMES HOWARD MYERSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- LAWRENCE EDWARD PAULSENSergeant · June 5, 1969
- PATRICK EDWARD POPPENGACorporal · June 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MCARTHUR GAFFNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 73
From Pontiac
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
- VICTOR RONALD HOYTSergeant · December 27, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE ELMYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · May 17, 1967
- FREDERICK HUGO LIMINGAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 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.