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PAUL ELMER PARKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 2, 1947 – August 22, 1968
Service recordPaul Elmer Parker, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 25
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 25
- CHARLES ROBERT BALESSpecialist Four · August 22, 1968
- DAVID ALLAN BALLOUPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- KENNETH NEIL BRANDESCorporal · August 22, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIS E BROWNPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DAVIDSON COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 26
- PHILIP T DELORENZO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 26
- RONALD ANTHONY GOLWITZERSergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 28
- GILBERT KINGPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 29
- PAUL FRANCIS OLEARYPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 30
- ANTHONY NEAL REVAKSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 31
- ROBERT BRUCE SANDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 32
- STEVEN MICHAEL SCHLUEBPrivate · Panel 47W, Line 32
- THOMAS KING SMITHSpecialist Five · Panel 47W, Line 33
- ARCADIO TORRES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 34
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
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.