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UDON PARKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 15, 1943 – March 13, 1966
Service recordUdon Parker, of Phenix City, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1966, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Phenix City, Alabama (Russell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1966; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 4
- RICHARD KENNETH JAMROSPrivate First Class · March 13, 1966
- EDWIN EVERTON MORGANChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- GERALD EVERETT OLSONMajor · March 13, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD PASEKOFFLieutenant Colonel · March 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 3
From Phenix City
- LEO CHESTER DIXONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- EDDIE DONALD PEOPLESPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- ROBBIE RAY MILLSSpecialist Five · February 15, 1967
- DAVID TOMIE BELLSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- CHARLIE BERNARD INGRAM JRSpecialist Four · March 4, 1967
- LARRY RAY MCDUFFIEPrivate First Class · October 22, 1967
- JOHN HENRY JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- JOE LOUIS JONESSergeant · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM OLIVER TURNERCorporal · February 28, 1968
- JACOB BENNETTPrivate First Class · July 17, 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.