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RUDOLPH PARKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 28, 1943 – June 13, 1969
Service recordRudolph Parker, of Houma, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 42
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
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- July 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Houma, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 42
- JAMES CLIFFORD LUCEROSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
- JAMES MCCONNYHEAD JRSergeant · June 13, 1969
- MICHAEL HOWARD MOBILIAPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- THOMAS EARL OWENSPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALTER JOHN CARNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 38
From Houma
- RAYMOND PATRICK FLYNNPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- ROY ANTHONY DUTHUPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- CALVIN RAYMOND HEBERT JRCorporal · February 22, 1966
- MILLER JOHN BOURGLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES BOUDREAUXPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- WILTON PAUL LEBOUEFSpecialist Four · August 21, 1966
- SAMUEL ENNIS MURPHPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- ELDRIDGE MICHAEL BRUNETSpecialist Four · September 27, 1967
- RUDOLPH JOHN BILLIOTPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT LEE SCOTTPrivate First Class · January 26, 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.