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WESLEY PARKER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 23, 1942 – July 25, 1967
Service recordWesley Parker, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 120
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1942
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 120
- CHARLES DUANE MATTERNSergeant · July 25, 1967
- WALTER LESLI MCINTOSH JRCorporal · July 25, 1967
- DEAN RICHARD NELSENFireman · July 25, 1967
- CLIFFORD DALE NELSONMajor · July 25, 1967
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.