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LEON VICTOR PARKER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 4, 1950 – July 5, 1969
Service recordLeon Victor Parker, of Hamilton, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 66
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
- January 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Hamilton, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 66
- ARLAND JASPER JONESLance Corporal · July 5, 1969
- PATRICK EDWARD MCGOVERNCorporal · July 5, 1969
- CECIL VERNON MILLERSpecialist Four · July 5, 1969
- GERALD RALPH PUGHCorporal · July 5, 1969
From Hamilton
- STANLEY SERGEANT SHAWLieutenant · February 11, 1964
- NELSON EDDIE WILSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- EUGENE LEE ELLWOODCorporal · October 3, 1965
- LEON PARNELL LAMPLEYPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- THOMAS FREDERICK BRUCKChief Petty Officer · January 10, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD MILESPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
- PAUL LEWIN CONRADPrivate First Class · May 24, 1966
- SAMUEL LEWIS HUFFMANPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- KENNETH RAY BERTSCHSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- WALTER MARCUMPrivate First Class · September 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.