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STEPHEN VANCE PARKER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 25, 1947 – May 13, 1969
Service recordStephen Vance Parker, of New York, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 13, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 108
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 25, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 108
- PHILIP GWYN NICHOLSSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- WARREN PAUL NIXPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- SAMUEL LEE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- FRANCIS G PATTONPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.