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WILLIAM MONROE PARKER
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
December 11, 1938 – April 21, 1975
Service recordWilliam Monroe Parker, of Vacaville, California, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 21, 1975, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 123
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Loadmaster Technician (60770)
- Born
- December 11, 1938
- Home of record
- Vacaville, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1975
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1975; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In April 1975, 16 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 123
- GARY BEDE SIMKINSLieutenant · April 3, 1973
- EDGAR ROBERT MELTONCaptain · April 10, 1975
- WENDLE L PAYNEMaster Sergeant · April 10, 1975
- JOE CASTROMaster Sergeant · April 12, 1975
- KENNETH EDWIN NANCEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1975
From Vacaville
- JACK ELROY GARDNERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- DENNIS STEVEN MICHAELPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- ROBERT SCOTT SHELTONPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- EDMOND JOHN LANDERSCaptain · May 15, 1968
- JIMMIE VAN BOCKPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- THURLE EUGENE CASE JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 16, 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.