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JAMES KERMIT PARKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 4, 1946 – November 28, 1968
Service recordJames Kermit Parks, of London, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1946
- Home of record
- London, Ohio (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 1
- JOHNNY SALAS MARTINEZLance Corporal · November 28, 1968
- JOHN MOULDENSpecialist Four · November 28, 1968
- LONNIE MICHAEL REEVESLance Corporal · November 28, 1968
- LAURENCE E WILLIAMSPrivate · November 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAURENCE E WILLIAMSPrivate · Panel 37W, Line 1
From London
- THOMAS EDWARD BURLILESpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE HARRISONPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- JOSEPH GENE GREGGPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD THIELSpecialist Four · December 8, 1967
- LARRY DEAN RIPLEYCorporal · February 7, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD DEANPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- THOMAS WILLENE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 4, 1969
- ROBERT CRAIN PHLEGERSergeant · May 7, 1970
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.