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JOHN JACKSON PARKER
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
August 12, 1943 – March 4, 1970
Service recordJohn Jackson Parker, of Tallahassee, Florida, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 4, 1970, in North Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 82
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 86 USS CORAL SEA CVA 43
- Born
- August 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Tallahassee, Florida (Leon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1970. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 82
- ROBERTO RAMOS-LOPEZSpecialist Four · May 7, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN PARKERSergeant · March 4, 1970
- EDMUND A PETRECHKO JRCorporal · March 4, 1970
- TIMOTHY ERNEST QUIGLEYSpecialist Four · March 4, 1970
From Tallahassee
- JACK MCBRIDE LISLESergeant First Class · January 1, 1963
- CLAYTON LEON CRUCEPrivate · June 21, 1965
- JOHN RICHARD BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOHNSONCaptain · October 6, 1966
- DOYLE WELLS REEVESLance Corporal · March 11, 1967
- MARVIN ZION BROCK JRCorporal · April 16, 1967
- JERRY GRANT INGRAMPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- ELZIE EUGENE SAMUELSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- OSCAR LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- DANNY WADE ALDAYHospitalman · June 14, 1968
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.