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Personal info

Full name
PARKER, Harold Victor
Date of birth
21 May 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Hampton, Elizabeth City County, Virginia
Hometown
Hampton, Elizabeth City County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33546419
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
Near Nancy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 6 87

Immediate family

Members
Victor R. Parker (father)
Susan A. (Monson) Parker (mother)
Gertrude E. Parker (sister)
Alice D. Parker (sister)
William Parker (brother)
Rufus M. Parker (brother)
Thomas P. Parker (brother)
Amelia A. Parker (sister)
Henrietta S. Parker (sister)
Margaret Parker (sister)
Robert L. Parker (brother)
Estelle V. (Wyatt) Parker (wife)
Victoria A. Parker (daughter)
Sandra Parker (daughter)

More information

Pfc Harold V. Parker attended high school for two years and opened his own roadside tavern before he enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 28 December 1943. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in his kidney.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pearce Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Christen / Eric Ackerman
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