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JOHN BOYD PARKER
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 15, 1949 – June 11, 1969
Service recordJohn Boyd Parker, of Monroe, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 25
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Monroe, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 25
- BOBBY GLENN OLIVERSergeant · June 11, 1969
- DUANE ELMER OLSONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
- EDWARD VINCENT PALMENTACorporal · June 11, 1969
- FLOYD LEON PITRESergeant First Class · June 11, 1969
From Monroe
- RONNIE JOE HERRINGTONCorporal · January 19, 1966
- HOSEA DENNIS ADAMSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- JAMES ODAS MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- CLAIBORNE LAVELLE SHAWLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- PETER LITTLELance Corporal · November 16, 1966
- TROY BEALINAirman First Class · November 26, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CARMACKSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- BOBBY GAYLE STANFORDPrivate · May 12, 1967
- HARRIS VONZELL DAVISSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- DONALD JACK CROCKERMajor · July 15, 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.