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JAMES EDWARD PARKER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 26, 1939 – June 20, 1969
Service recordJames Edward Parker, of Blauvelt, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 100
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 26, 1939
- Home of record
- Blauvelt, New York (Rockland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 100
- JAMES MICHAEL PANKIEWICZSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
- DALE RUSSELL PAVEYSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
- JOSE LUIS SALAZARPrivate First Class · June 20, 1969
- JOSEPH WAYNE SELL JRPrivate First Class · June 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE ELLIS BALTEZORESpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 95
- BRIAN CHARLES HEATHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 97
- RICHARD DENNIS JOYSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 98
- WILLIAM LOUIS LONGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 99
From Blauvelt
- RAYMOND WARREN DEMEOLASergeant · May 14, 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.