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JOE PARKS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 13, 1927 – December 22, 1964
Service recordJoe Parks, of Cedar Lane, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on December 22, 1964, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 78
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Translator-Interpreter (04B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 13, 1927
- Home of record
- Cedar Lane, Texas (Matagorda County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 22, 1964
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1964; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1964, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1E, Line 78
- HARRY GRIFFITH CRAMERCaptain · October 21, 1957
- ROY ELSWORTH CONGLETONMajor · December 21, 1964
- EMMETT HARVEY HORNSergeant · December 23, 1964
- JAMES ROBERT HAGENLieutenant Colonel · December 24, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
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.