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LONNIE RONALD PARKER
Fireman · U.S. Navy
June 1, 1947 – September 25, 1969
Service recordLonnie Ronald Parker, of Bessemer, Alabama, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 25, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 8
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS BENEWAH APB 35
- Born
- June 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Bessemer, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 8
- T Z MERRIWEATHERPrivate First Class · September 25, 1969
- WILLIE JAMES SMITHSergeant · September 25, 1969
- JAMES ERVIN TOMPKINSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1969
- RANDY VAN TURNERFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1969
From Bessemer
- ROY MARVIN HITT JRSergeant · November 4, 1965
- CORDELL SPENCERSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- MACK ARTHUR WAREPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY LAGRANDStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS OAKESPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- ELIJAH DANIEL JRStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- MATTHEW WAREStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1966
- THOMAS C EVANSStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1967
- WILLIAM HORACE JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1967
- LOUIS COLSTON JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 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.