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WAYMON M PARKER
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 16, 1947 – August 20, 1967
Service recordWaymon M Parker, of Rising Fawn, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Rising Fawn, Georgia (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 20
- ANTHONY MICHAEL GALENOSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- GEORGE D MOTTESergeant First Class · August 20, 1967
- JOSEPH BRITTON ODUMSergeant First Class · August 20, 1967
- SIGFREDO PINTO-PINTOSergeant · August 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED JOSEPH CORNEJOPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 19
- RICHARD ALLEN LASHERSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 19
- RUDOLPH MELENDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 19
- ANTHONY MICHAEL GALENOSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 20
- SIGFREDO PINTO-PINTOSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 20
- DARRELL LEE REIDSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 21
From Rising Fawn
- JOHN ANDY SHAWPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- JAMES LESTER CLARKSpecialist Four · February 5, 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.