GREEN BERETS Parker, David Allen

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Parker ​

• FORENAME

David Allen ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (Company A,Det A-361) (Project Rapid Fire VIII) ​

• RANK

Staff Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

18634297 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

6th April 1968 ​

• AGE

24 ​

• GRAVESITE

Sam Houston National Cemetery,San Antonio,Bexar County,Texas Section V Site 1482​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from San Angelo,Texas​

born 3.3.1944 Tacoma,Washington​

husband of Elizabeth A. Parker (1 daughter Cynthia)​

parents divorced 1946,mother remarried and moved to Roswell,New Mexico​

moved to San Angelo,Texas​

graduated San Angelo Central High School 1961​

entered service 1962 (6 years)​

medic​

4 Surgical Hospital​

8 Medical Bn​

OCS Fort Sill,Oklahoma (failed to pass)​

307 Medical Bn (HQ and HQ Company)​

5 SF Group (HQ and HQ Company) 14.11.1966​

Det C- ...​

Det B-36 1967-68​

Det A-361 1968​

awards Bronze Star with V,Bronze Star,Army Commendation Medal with V​

KIA Tay Ninh Province,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,DC Panel 48E Line 32​

Tom Green Area County Vietnam Memorial,San Angelo,Texas​

Permian Basin Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Midland,Texas​

in some accounts D.A. Parker confused with D.W. Parker of Company E,20th Infantry (LRP) ​

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