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Tommy L Parker Jr
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Name: Marine Cpl. Tommy L. Parker Jr.
Age: 21
From: Cleburne, Ark.
Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Cpl. Tommy L. Parker Jr. was killed June 21
Died: June 21, 2004
Arkansas Marine killed in Iraq ambush
By Cristina Rodriguez
Associated Press
Age: 21
From: Cleburne, Ark.
Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Cpl. Tommy L. Parker Jr. was killed June 21
Died: June 21, 2004
Arkansas Marine killed in Iraq ambush
By Cristina Rodriguez
Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK — An Arkansan who was among four killed Monday in Iraq needed his parents’ permission to join the Marine Corps when he was 17.
Cpl. Tommy L. Parker Jr., 21, of Heber Springs, was killed in an ambush in Ramadi, Iraq, 60 miles west of Baghdad. He served with a sniper platoon of the 1st Marine Division, based out of Camp Pendleton, Calif.
“T.J. was just the sort of person who would help anybody, anyone,” his father, Tommy Parker, said. “I think that T.J. just really wanted to do something for his country.”
Parker’s parents signed a release to allow him to join the Marine Reserves at 17 years old. He went on active duty after...
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2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident
Marine Cpl. Tommy L. Parker Jr. was killed June 21
Prayers & Messages
Tommy L Parker Jr
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.