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Personal info

Full name
PARKER, Wilson Gregg
Date of birth
7 November 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Hometown
Henderson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
O1329627
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Biesdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 15 23

Immediate family

Members
Henry W. Parker (father)
Lena Parker (mother)
Edwin Parker (brother)
Robert Parker (brother)
Eugenia Parker (sister)
Catherine Parker (sister)
Myron B. Parker (brother)
Georgia S. Parker (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Wilson G. Parker had a postgraduate degree and worked as a manager, employed by the YMCA before he enlisted in Evansville, Indiana on 21 August 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admisson Card File / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten