Parker, George William

Rank and Name, Seaman First Class George William Parker.

Unit/Placed in, USS Vincennes (CA-44) Cruiser, United States Navy.

George is born approx. on 1891 in Portland, Maine.

Spouse, Ella N. Parker.

Son, Mahlon O. Parker

George enlisted the service in New Jersey with service number # 2234697.

George was KIA when the USS Vincennes sunk in the Battle of Savo Island, 9 Aug. 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

George is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/cruisers/pages/uss_vincennes_ca44_roll_of_honor.htm

https://www.navsource.org/archives/04/044/04044.htm

https://www.historycentral.com/navy/cruiser/Vincennes.html

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker