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JAMES RONALD PARKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 7, 1947 – August 15, 1968
Service recordJames Ronald Parker, of Asheville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 19
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Asheville, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1968; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 48W, Line 19
- ARCHIE LEE NELSON JRPrivate · August 15, 1968
- ANTHONY JEROME PORTISCorporal · August 15, 1968
- ROBERT VINCENT SIMONSStaff Sergeant · August 15, 1968
- WILLIAM FRED SOULELance Corporal · August 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER DALE BOWMANPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 17
- CHARLES FREDERICK CRICHTONPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 17
- WILLIAM NORMAND URSINPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 20
- LEROY ALLEN WHITLOWCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 20
From Asheville
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- CARL EDWARD MCBEELance Corporal · June 6, 1965
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- EVERETTE EUGENE HARDINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · October 12, 1967
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · October 17, 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.