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JOSEPH E PARKER JR
Major · U.S. Army
February 9, 1925 – June 30, 1965
Service recordJoseph E Parker JR, of Butte, Montana, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 26
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 9, 1925
- Home of record
- Butte, Montana (Silver Bow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1965
- Age
- 40
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 26
- BERNARD EMERSON TURNERPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- PAUL RALPH WINDLECaptain · June 30, 1965
- TERANCE KAY JENSENStaff Sergeant · July 1, 1965
- GORDON JAMES DEITZ JRPrivate First Class · July 4, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WEBSTER FINCHSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 25
From Butte
- DANIEL JOHN JANHUNENPrivate First Class · September 2, 1966
- RAYMOND DALE HOERNERSpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- WESTON HENRY REECECorporal · January 13, 1967
- RONALD GREGORY BABICHCaptain · June 2, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE SONSTENGPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM CAWLEYSeaman · March 14, 1968
- FLORIAN J ZAHNStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
- MARVIN KENT ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- GREGORY PHILLIP HELSLEYPetty Officer Second Class · July 23, 1968
- RAYMOND GEORGE KRISKOVICHSpecialist Four · August 10, 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.