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RONALD WAYNE PARKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 17, 1946 – January 6, 1967
Service recordRonald Wayne Parker, of Mountlake Terrace, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Mountlake Terrace, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 119
- RALPH ROGER JUSTICEStaff Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- HAL JONES ROWLETTMaster Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- CHARLES THOMAS SHELTONSergeant · January 6, 1967
- DANNY CLEON BARNESPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
From Mountlake Terrace
- RICHARD EDWARD WILKINSSpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
- DONALD RICHARD COTECorporal · December 4, 1967
- JERALD DAVID SWANPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- THOMAS NICKELL TEAGUESecond Lieutenant · May 13, 1968
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.