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JOHNNY RAY PARKER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 28, 1948 – March 24, 1969
Service recordJohnny Ray Parker, of Idabel, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 28
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Idabel, Oklahoma (Mccurtain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1969; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 28
- ARTHUR JAMES MCINTYRESergeant · March 24, 1969
- GARY REX MOSSLance Corporal · March 24, 1969
- BOBBY JOE NEWMANSpecialist Four · March 24, 1969
- CURTIS ONCHIFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MONTY GILBERT LACKASSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 27
- JOSEPH FRANCIS SCHIMPFCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 30
From Idabel
- NORMAN EDWARD ADAMSSergeant · January 18, 1968
- JOHN ENOCH BLACKPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- EDWARD F GUTHRIEFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1968
- SAMUEL FLOYD ROLENPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD PULLEYSpecialist Four · June 14, 1969
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.