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ROBERT HAROLD PARCHER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 10, 1950 – February 8, 1969
Service recordRobert Harold Parcher JR, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 88
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 88
- ALEXANDER A S PEOPLESSergeant · February 8, 1969
- THEUS JOSEPH POUNDCorporal · February 8, 1969
- BRADFORD PRESTON SAWYERSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- JACK ELSWORTH SCHULTZSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NATHANIEL IRVINGPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 86
- KENNETH CHARLES HESSSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 89
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.