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Submitted: 8/7/21 • Approved: 8/9/21 • Last Updated: 8/12/21 • R445325-G0-S3
Texas
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS Company A 28 Infantry
1 Infantry Division
Vietnam
August 24, 1947-June 3, 1966
Purple Heart
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Funeral services for Pfc. Carl S. Parker, Jr., 18, who died in combat in the Vietnam War last Thursday, were scheduled for 10 a.m. today in Ed Brown & Sons Chapel of the Fountains.
The Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor of the Bible Baptist Church, will officiate with military honors to follow at graveside in Highland Park Cemetery.
He was the first Borger serviceman to die in the Vietnam conflict.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Ida Mae Back of Borger; a sister, Mrs. P.C. Coronado, San Antonio; four step-brothers; and four step-sisters.
(Published in Borger News Herald, June 9, 1966)
U.S., Vietnam War Military Casualties, 1956-1998
Name: Carl Sylvester Parker
Birth Date: 24 Aug 1947
Death Date: 3 Jun 1966
Home City: Hutchinson
Home State: Texas
SSN/Service #: 18683011
Death Date: 3 Jun 1966
Casualty Country: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Tour Start Date: 12 Mar 1966
Service Branch: Department of the Army
Component: Regular (RA, USN, USAF, USMC, USCG)
Rank: Private First Class
Military Grade: Private First Class
Pay Grade: Private First Class (U.S. Army) or Airman First Class (U.S. Air Force) or Lance Corporal (U.S. Marine Corps) or Grade/Rate Abbreviations With First Column: A,C,D,F,H,S,Or T; Second Column: A; Third And Fourth Columns: Blank (U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard)
Company: A Co
Regiment: 28th Inf
Batallion: 1st Bn
Province: 99
Decoration: Not Available
CN: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Service Occupation: Light Weapons Infantry (ARMY)
Data Source: Coffelt Database
Contributed on 8/7/21
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