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ROGER LOUIS PARKER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 17, 1946 – January 19, 1967
Service recordRoger Louis Parker, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 19, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 53
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
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- December 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Bellefontaine, Ohio (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 53
- DENNIS MICHAEL EHRLICHLieutenant (junior grade) · January 19, 1967
- CHARLES MICHAEL EVANSCorporal · January 19, 1967
- EMMETT FELTON POPE JRSergeant · January 19, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL QUEYSergeant · January 19, 1967
From Bellefontaine
- HERBERT STEPHEN BECHTELPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN EARICKPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- FRANK LEE HOGEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- DAVID RICHARD KELLERLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- ROGER EUGENE SHEPHERDPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- JERRY LEE SOUTHARDCorporal · June 25, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT GEUYPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
- LEWIS EUGENE HUGHES IILance Corporal · June 13, 1970
- KENNETH LOVELACEStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1971
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.