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Personal info

Full name
PARKER, Ernest Thurman
Date of birth
12 December 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Kenova, Wayne County, West Virginia
Hometown
Wayne County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35437360
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 4 4

Immediate family

Members
Charles T. Parker (father)
Sarah E. (Warford) Parker (mother)
Charles H. Parker (brother)
Lena E. Parker (sister)
Elbert L. Parker (brother)
John Parker (brother)
Edward Parker (brother)
Wilbur R. Parker (brother)
Clara Parker (sister)
Donald R. Parker (brother)
Edgar B. Parker (brother)

More information

Pfc Ernest T. Parker enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 20 July 1942.

He was a graduate of Ceredo-Kenova High School Class of 1941. He was sent overseas October 1944.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / West Virginia Memory Project / Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.wwiimemorial.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Ceredo-Kenova High School Yearbook 1940