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STEPHEN EARL PARKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 16, 1945 – October 31, 1967
Service recordStephen Earl Parks, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 105
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 105
- MICHAEL GENE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- RILEY LEROY PITTSCaptain · October 31, 1967
- FLOYD IRWIN ROBINSONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- MICHAEL J SEADORFSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KEITH LLOYD BENSONSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 102
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.