Parker, Fred R. Jr.
Navy Boiler technician 2nd class
Fred R. Jr. Parker, age 24, from Reidsville, North Carolina, Rockingham county.
Parents: Fred Parker Sr. and Leona
Service era: Gulf War
Schools: Reidsville High (1984)
Date of death: Tuesday, October 30, 1990
Death details: Died with nine other sailors aboard the USS Iwo Jima when the ship’s 850-degree steam pipe erupted.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense, News & Record (2015)