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RALPH JOHN PARKER JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 5, 1943 – October 31, 1967
Service recordRalph John Parker JR, of Waterford, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 31, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 104
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Waterford, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 104
- ROGER LEE HUBBARDPrivate First Class · October 31, 1967
- STEPHEN JAY KOTTMajor · October 31, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD MILLERSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- JAMES VAN NESS MULLERSpecialist Five · October 31, 1967
From Waterford
- CHARLES ARTHUR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · December 31, 1968
- FRANKIE ROSS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- DAVID ALAN ROGERSSergeant · February 20, 1970
- SHELDON SILVERMANStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1970
- JAMES HOWARD MACDOUGALMaster Sergeant · April 14, 1971
- ARNOLD EDWARD HOLM JRCaptain · June 11, 1972
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.