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PARKER KEITH GODFREY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 24, 1944 – January 27, 1969
Service recordParker Keith Godfrey, of Fletcher, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 1
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Fletcher, Ohio (Miami County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 1
- ROBERT LEE GOADTechnical Sergeant · January 27, 1969
- THOMAS GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- ANTHONY GORDON HARBORDFirst Lieutenant · January 27, 1969
- KENNETH DOUGLAS HAYSSpecialist Five · January 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ELTON LEE JENNINGS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 2
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.