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RAYMOND GEORGE PARKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 25, 1949 – September 1, 1969
Service recordRaymond George Parks, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 21
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
- February 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In September 1969, 664 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 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 21
- CORNELIUS PETTEYSSpecialist Four · September 1, 1969
- JAMES SUTHERLAND PITCHESMajor · September 1, 1969
- FRED WINSTON SMITHStaff Sergeant · September 1, 1969
- LARRY ALAN STEPHENSPrivate First Class · September 1, 1969
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.