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JOSEPH L PARKS
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 27, 1947 – June 11, 1967
Service recordJoseph L Parks, of Saginaw, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 91
- CURTIS RICHARD BOHLSCHEIDCaptain · June 11, 1967
- JIM EDWIN MOSHIERCorporal · June 11, 1967
- JAMES RAYMOND NELSONStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1967
- JOHN SANDERS OLDHAMMajor · June 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE BONNELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 86
- FERGUS FRANCIS CONNORS JRCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 87
- JOHN MALHON FRAMBESCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 88
- DARRELL FREDERICK GASKINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 88
- JAMES ROBERT HICKSSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 89
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER LOWESpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 90
- ROBIN PATRICK MILOVICHCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 90
- MANUEL GUALVERTO MONTALVOSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 90
From Saginaw
- BRICKIE BOWMAN JRPrivate · May 23, 1965
- PAUL HAMILTON JRSergeant · October 3, 1965
- HEZEKIAH GOSS JRSpecialist Five · January 15, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN KOWALSKICorporal · January 25, 1966
- TERRY R MCLEANStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH COXPrivate First Class · October 13, 1966
- MILES DENNIS COOPERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- EDWARD EARL SCHELLPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT CUSHMANSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- STANLEY FOSTER BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 27, 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.