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LONNIE EDWARD PARKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 1, 1947 – March 13, 1967
Service recordLonnie Edward Parker, of Success, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 73
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Success, Arkansas (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 73
- JOSEPH WILLIAM JENKSPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- DONALD PETER JOHNSONLance Corporal · March 13, 1967
- CLARENCE ALFRED KIMMPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE SAUBLECaptain · March 13, 1967
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.