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Personal info

Full name
PARKER, Carl Zero
Date of birth
14 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Johnston County, North Carolina
Hometown
Johnston County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34857773
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 14 6

Immediate family

Members
Rossie B. Parker (father)
Lillie Parker (mother)
Coy Parker (brother)
Parlie Parker (brother)
Mary L. Parker (sister)
Agnes Parker (sister)

More information

Pvt Carl Z. Parker enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 29 January 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Albert Bruce, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/513/513_honor_kz.html, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The News and Observer 25 February 1945