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KENNETH WAYNE PARKER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 15, 1945 – June 21, 1965
Service recordKenneth Wayne Parker, of Dexter, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 21, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 15
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Dexter, Missouri (Stoddard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 15
- JAMES LANE TALLEYSergeant · June 19, 1964
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- CLAYTON LEON CRUCEPrivate · June 21, 1965
- WILLIAM EDWARD CORDEROMajor · June 22, 1965
From Dexter
- GEORGE KENTON SISLERFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1967
- CURTIS DEAN ESKEWSergeant · July 29, 1967
- DONALD RICHARD MAYBERRYSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- GEORGE ALAN KIGERPrivate First Class · June 3, 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.