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LONNIE THOMAS PARKER
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 18, 1947 – October 24, 1968
Service recordLonnie Thomas Parker, of Thaxton, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 30
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Thaxton, Virginia (Bedford (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 30
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL PORTERFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1968
- RICHARD STEPHEN RILEY JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 24, 1968
- DAVID LEO SPARKSSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- ROOSEVELT SPEIGHTSPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY EUGENE MARTINCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 28
From Thaxton
- MICHAEL AUBREY MOORMANSpecialist Four · August 7, 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.