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VERNON HOWARD PARKER JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 20, 1945 – September 25, 1966
Service recordVernon Howard Parker JR, of Secane, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 25, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 16
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Cryptographic Systems Technician, Ima (6422)
- Born
- June 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Secane, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1966; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 16
- JAMES EDWARD MILLERSpecialist Four · September 25, 1966
- JERRY LESTER NEWBRANDPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- RONNIE LEE NOSEFFCorporal · September 25, 1966
- JERRY DEAN PILLSBURYPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
From Secane
- JOHN DAVID BOWMAN IIISergeant · February 9, 1966
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.