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WILLIAM AVALON PARKER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 26, 1938 – July 26, 1970
Service recordWilliam Avalon Parker, of Scottsboro, Alabama, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 55
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 26, 1938
- Home of record
- Scottsboro, Alabama (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 55
- JIMMY HENRY MERCERSergeant · July 26, 1970
- STEVEN BERNARD MILLSPrivate · July 26, 1970
- DENNIS RAY NOBLEFirst Lieutenant · July 26, 1970
- ROBERT DALE OSIER JRSpecialist Four · July 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN BERNARD MILLSPrivate · Panel 8W, Line 55
- GREGORY CARL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 57
From Scottsboro
- GEORGE MCCUTCHENColonel · November 20, 1965
- HOWARD EDWARD PHILLIPSCaptain · January 31, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD CHAMBERSCorporal · July 15, 1966
- EUGENE EMMETT MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- JAMES LARRY CROCKETTStaff Sergeant · July 1, 1968
- RICHARD LEE HIGGINBOTHAMCorporal · April 11, 1970
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.