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RICHARD HOWARD PARKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 31, 1946 – November 24, 1967
Service recordRichard Howard Parker, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 80
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Bartlesville, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 80
- GORDON STUART MCCLARYSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- MICHAEL STUART NYMANStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1967
- JAMES ELTON ONEALSergeant · November 24, 1967
- RAYMOND PEREZSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN GAYLEALON DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 76
- MILLARD WADE FARBROSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 77
- JAMES EDWARD HAYNESStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 78
- RAYMOND PEREZSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 80
From Bartlesville
- JAMES EDWIN BAILEYStaff Sergeant · September 4, 1964
- HAROLD WILLIAM WINGETFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1967
- JAY ANDERSON MITCHELLCaptain · May 12, 1967
- WILLIAM CALVIN DIEHL JRLieutenant Colonel · November 7, 1967
- JACK MILTON SMITHSecond Lieutenant · November 12, 1967
- JOHN WESLEY MCVEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- BRUCE ANTHONY LYNCHLance Corporal · November 25, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES OSBORNSergeant · December 23, 1969
- MICHAEL GENE WARNICKSpecialist Four · October 2, 1970
- JOHN DELBERT STARRETTSergeant · October 4, 1970
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.