David Stuart Parker (March 22, 1919 – May 9, 1990) was an American military officer who served as the governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1971 to 1975.

[1] He was born on March 22, 1919, at Fort Huachuca in Arizona to an Army officer, Roscoe Parker.

Parker was assigned to the Engineer School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia from March 1942 to May 1944, graduating from the Field Officers Course in 1943.

He commanded the 1299th Engineer Combat Battalion at Camp Bowie, Texas from June 1944 to January 1945.

[1][3] Parker died of congestive heart failure on May 9, 1990, at Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, California.