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LARRY THOMAS PARKER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 13, 1949 – November 30, 1967
Service recordLarry Thomas Parker, of Fresno, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Fresno, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 16
- CLARENCE LEROY PALMERStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- DALE CHRISTOPHER PEHRSONCorporal · November 30, 1967
- STEPHEN RICHARD PORCELLAMajor · November 30, 1967
- JACK ROGERSCorporal · November 30, 1967
From Fresno
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- HENRY THOMAS LUNAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- CARL MICHAEL HUMESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- DONALD THEODORE ERICKSONStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- MANUEL AVILA JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 12, 1966
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
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.