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Personal info

Full name
PARKER, O C
Date of birth
25 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Alcorn County, Mississippi
Hometown
Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34924727
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
Gey, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 10 26

Immediate family

Members
Tom I. Parker (father)
Nuel I. (Fowler) Parker (mother)
John C. Parker (brother)
Edgar V. Parker (brother)
W. R. A. Parker (brother)
Mildred W. Parker (sister)
Annie L. Parker (wife)

More information

Pvt O. C. Parker enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 24 May 1944.

He worked in a sawmill before he enlisted.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Bevis Scott Family Tree / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Kalee Smith