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Personal info

Full name
PARKER, Robert Bartholmew
Date of birth
4 January 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa
Hometown
Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37444720
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
407th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
Near Linnich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 16 11

Immediate family

Members
Thomas Parker (father)
Mary A. (Feehan) Parker (mother)
Loretta M. Parker (sister)
Blanche Parker (sister)
Mable Parker (sister)
Edith Parker (sister)
Thomas Parker (brother)
Helen Parker (sister)
Irene Parker (sister)
Ruby M. Parker (wife)
Robert C. Parker (son)

More information

T/5 Parker was assigned to overseas duty with the infantry in September, 1944 and prior to that time had lived his entire life in Ottumwa. He was employed by the Smith Transportation Co. He was the father of a two-year old son, Robert.

Source of information: André Koch, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Bonus Case File / Family Trees, www.newspaperarchive.com - Ottumwa Daily Courier

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspaperarchive.com - Ottumwa Daily Courier