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MARVIN RUSSELL PARKER
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 13, 1947 – August 30, 1968
Service recordMarvin Russell Parker, of Hartsburg, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Hartsburg, Missouri (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 8
- ROBERT JOHN MERCERFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1968
- GARY WAYNE MORGANSpecialist Four · August 30, 1968
- PEDRO JUAN TOMAS MOTASpecialist Four · August 30, 1968
- DANIEL JOSEPH MURPHYPetty Officer Third Class · August 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES COLON BAXTERSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 4
- GARY LYNN KLINGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 7
- TOBIAS EARL MARKUSENPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 7
- ROBERT JOHN MERCERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 45W, Line 8
- GARY GENE RODGERSCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 9
- JORGE ALVARADO SILVASSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 10
- WILLIAM EDWARD WOLFE JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 45W, Line 11
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.