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VICTOR RALPH PARKER
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
December 25, 1946 – October 11, 1965
Service recordVictor Ralph Parker, of Perris, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 11, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 119
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- December 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Perris, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1965; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 119
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- NESTOR LORENZO ARGENZIOSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- WILLIAM ROSS ROMANOPrivate First Class · October 12, 1965
From Perris
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE PARISHPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- LUIS MARTINEZ GONSALEZPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
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.