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OTIS PARKER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 4, 1940 – July 18, 1970
Service recordOtis Parker, of Green Cove Springs, Florida, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · 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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 4, 1940
- Home of record
- Green Cove Springs, Florida (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 30
- KENNETH JEROME SIMMONSSergeant · July 18, 1970
- JOHN ULICNISpecialist Four · July 18, 1970
- PRESTON PAUL WINLAND JRSergeant First Class · July 18, 1970
- JOHN FRANK BARNETTLance Corporal · July 19, 1970
From Green Cove Springs
- HERMAN LEROY GURRSpecialist Six · January 15, 1967
- DON RUSSELL SCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · April 22, 1970
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.