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Personal info

Full name
PARKER, Joseph Claud
Date of birth
18 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Argo, Jefferson County, Alabama
Hometown
Alden, Jefferson County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34802692
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Kaundorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 15 35

Immediate family

Members
William R. Parker (father)
Amindie M. Parker (mother)
Bertha L. Parker (sister)
Terrell P. Parker (sister)
Robert L. Parker (brother)
William E. Parker (brother)
Effie G. Parker (sister)
Evelyn A. Parker (sister)
Luther D. Parker (brother)
Ralph H. Parker (brother)
Charity I. Parker (sister)
Mary J. (Glass) Parker (wife)

More information

Pfc Joseph C. Parker attended high school for two years and was employed at the Construction Engineering Company before he enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 9 April 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, 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 / 1930 Census / Ashley Gilley Family Tree, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: Peter Schouteten