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JERRY EMMET PARKS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 21, 1943 – March 5, 1966
Service recordJerry Emmet Parks, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 122
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1966; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “L CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 122
- RICHARD E NUTTPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- CHESTER LAVERN OBRIEN JRLance Corporal · March 5, 1966
- DENNIS ROYAL ORTWINEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JAMES HENRY PAGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES JEROME BRADLEYLance Corporal · Panel 5E, Line 113
- PHILIP FITCHLance Corporal · Panel 5E, Line 114
- THOMAS WILLIAM EDWARDSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 115
- RICKEY DEAN GARNERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 116
- JIMMY PINEDA SANCHEZCorporal · Panel 5E, Line 123
- DAVID SHIELDSSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 124
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- HARVEY LYN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · September 4, 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.