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JOHNNY KENDRICK PARKER
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 3, 1944 – July 20, 1969
Service recordJohnny Kendrick Parker, of Bay Minette, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Bay Minette, Alabama (Baldwin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 26
- LARRY REX REATHERFORDSpecialist Four · July 20, 1969
- DAVID PAUL RUSSELLCorporal · July 20, 1969
- ROBERT RAY SANFORDPrivate First Class · July 20, 1969
- DAVID ALEXANDER SEMERAROCorporal · July 20, 1969
From Bay Minette
- VERLON HADLEYLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JACK A SMITHSpecialist Four · April 6, 1966
- CARL HAMBY PRESNALLSergeant · June 20, 1967
- GEORGE BLUE LEEMajor · June 20, 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.