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KENNETH PARKER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 29, 1947 – May 6, 1969
Service recordKenneth Parker, of San Francisco, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 6, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 29, 1947
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 14
- GILBERT GONZALES PALACIOSergeant · May 6, 1969
- JOHN MONROE PRATTSpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- VICENTE ROSA-URBINASergeant First Class · May 6, 1969
- FOSTER LEE SONNIERSpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.