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MICHAEL PARKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 19, 1946 – June 27, 1967
Service recordMichael Parker, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 72
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 19, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22E, Line 72
- FREDRICK JOSEPH BRENKEPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- KENNETH ARTHUR MILLARDLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- DENNIS ALFRED OCONNORCorporal · June 27, 1967
- PAUL M RODRIGUEZ JRPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.