Woodrow Wilson Parker III

Vietnam War
Unit480th Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromSt. Petersburg Florida
Date of DeathApril 24 1968
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Captain Parker was a member of the 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Danang, South Vietnam. On April 24, 1968, he was the bombardier/navigator of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4D) on an armed mission looking for targets near Quang Khe, Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam, his aircraft crashed. His remains were recovered on October 5, 1993 and identified on September 11, 1998. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.