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IRVING GEON PARK
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 12, 1948 – March 6, 1970
Service recordIrving Geon Park, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 6, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 88
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 88
- WALTER BRUCE FOOTESergeant · March 6, 1970
- BERT ABNER HAMILTON JRSeaman · March 6, 1970
- JAMES DAVID PRESSONSpecialist Four · March 6, 1970
- GEORGE EDMUND RAILEYChief Warrant Officer 4 · March 6, 1970
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 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.