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WILLIE ALBERT PARKS
Private · U.S. Army
February 28, 1942 – June 10, 1967
Service recordWillie Albert Parks, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 84
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 84
- ROBERT LENWOOD PLATT JRStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1967
- AUGUSTUS J PONTO IIIPrivate First Class · June 10, 1967
- PETER WOODBURY SHERMANCaptain · June 10, 1967
- RONALD LEE STAPELMANSpecialist Four · June 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HENRY JOSEPH WILHELMI JRSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 85
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.