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PERLUM M PARKER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 28, 1944 – July 30, 1969
Service recordPerlum M Parker JR, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 77
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 77
- WILBERT EUGENE JONESSpecialist Four · July 30, 1969
- JOHN DOUGLAS MCARTHURFirst Lieutenant · July 30, 1969
- ANGEL L RODRIGUEZ-COTTOPrivate First Class · July 30, 1969
- FRANK GEORGE SMITHPrivate First Class · July 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY DALE CANTRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 75
- TERRY LEE DALLAPESpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 75
- EUGENE MAJOR ROBINSONSergeant First Class · Panel 20W, Line 76
- WILBERT EUGENE JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 77
- JOHN RAY STASHONSKYPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 78
- HAROLD OLIVER STUMPSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 78
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.