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Personal info

Full name
PARKER, Coy Okey
Date of birth
6 March 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Mabscott, Raleigh County, West Virginia
Hometown
Mabscott, Raleigh County, West Virginia
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
O2055123
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
746th Tank Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 September 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 11 15

Immediate family

Members
Coy A. Parker (father)
Ida F. Parker (Miller) (mother)
Frank J. Miller (stepfather)
Lawrence A. Parker (brother)
Violet R. Parker (sister)
Theodore W. Parker (brother)
Frank W. Miller (stepbrother)
Virginia B. Miller (stepsister)
Mary M. Miller (stepsister)
Charles V. Miller (stepbrother)
Mildred (Maddy) Coy (wife)

More information

Lt Coy Okey Parker joined the Regular Army in 1929 and served with the National Guard of Beckley.

He had been overseas for two years and took part in the invasions of North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and France.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, After Action Reports - February 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspaperarchive.com - Altoona Mirror