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Personal info

Full name
PARKER, Ray Chesley
Date of birth
16 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Halls Run, Onslow County, North Carolina
Hometown
Onslow County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34465153
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
48th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 January 1945
Place of death
Rittershoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 13 1

Immediate family

Members
Roscoe C. Parker (father)
Mattie (King) Parker (mother)
Louise M. Parker (sister)
Eveline Parker (sister)
Kirby Parker (brother)
Wilma Parker (sister)
Luther J. Parker (brother)
Windle R. Parker (brother)
Stella Parker (sister)

More information

Cpl Ray C. Parker was an oiler of machinery before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 28 November 1942.

He is also remembered at the Rawls Family Cemetery in Haws Run, Onslow County, North Carolina.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Russell Lee Stamey Family Tree, http://14thad.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Terri Sanders Hudson