Born in Hansen, South Dakota, 1st Lt Parker Graduated from Oregon State College with a Bachelors in Agriculture. While serving with the Army Air Force’s 854th Bomb Squadron, 491st Bomb Group his aircraft B-24 Buno # 44-40210, was shot down by anti-aircraft fire crashing near Tilburg, Holland during a supply drop in Operation Market Garden. He was survived by his wife, daughter, parents and five siblings.
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