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LESTER EUGENE PARKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 20, 1949 – June 30, 1970
Service recordLester Eugene Parker, of Urbana, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Urbana, Ohio (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 106
- STEPHEN LOUIS KLEINSpecialist Four · June 30, 1970
- JIMMIE FLOYD NABOURSWarrant Officer 1 · June 30, 1970
- STEPHEN KEALOHA RAMOSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1970
- ANDREW JOSEPH ROGUS JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP METZ HORSTCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 105
From Urbana
- MICHAEL A BAILEYCorporal · May 12, 1968
- CARL RICHARD DAGGERCorporal · May 17, 1968
- WETZEL LONNIE ELDRIDGEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- DONALD DALE HALLCorporal · June 7, 1970
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.