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WILLIAM THOMAS PARKER III
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 19, 1948 – June 1, 1967
Service recordWilliam Thomas Parker III, of Salisbury, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 1, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 29
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- January 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Salisbury, Maryland (Wicomico County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 29
- RODERICK DANE MCMURRYCorporal · June 1, 1967
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE PARISHPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- EDWARD HAROLD RIXMANNPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- DANIEL THOMAS SCHMIDTLance Corporal · June 1, 1967
From Salisbury
- BARRIE VANE BARNESSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- CHARLES WALTER PARSONSStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1966
- JACK HOWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- DON LEE SHOCKLEYLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- GEORGE THOMAS POWELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1967
- ELMER NEAL DAVISPrivate · September 19, 1967
- JOHN DAVIS WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
- ERNEST ARTHUR OLDSColonel · March 11, 1968
- GARY LEE BOUNDSPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- CECIL VAUGHN EVANSStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1968
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.