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RICHARD DENNIS PARKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 15, 1945 – January 30, 1966
Service recordRichard Dennis Parker, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 121
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 121
- JOSE NEGRON-RODRIGUEZPrivate · January 30, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH PALUSCIOPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BILL ROGOFFSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- GREGORIO VALDEZ JRLance Corporal · January 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 118
- RICHARD DAVENPORTPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 119
- RUBEN DELGADOPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 119
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 120
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 120
- JOSE NEGRON-RODRIGUEZPrivate · Panel 4E, Line 121
- JAMES BILL ROGOFFSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 121
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
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
- LOGAN DALE YOUNGSpecialist Four · April 10, 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.