Parker, Willard Martin

Rank and Name, First Lieutenant Willard Martin Parker.

Unit/Placed in, 20^th Bomber Squadron, 2^nd Bomber Group (Heavy).

Willard is born approx. on 1917 in New York.

Father, Willard B. Parker.

Mother, Elizabeth K. Parker.

Sister(s), Rose Parker.

Willard enlisted the service in New York with service number # O-791487.

Willard ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-17 were,

1^st Lt. Guy A Thompson Pilot

1^st Lt. Willard M. Parker Co Pilot

2^nd Lt. Kinnaird H. Lawrence Bombardier

2^nd Lt. Charles R. Justi Jr. Navigator

T/Sgt. Rubink R. Ligte Top Turret Gunner

S/Sgt. Ellsworth L. Simpson Ball Turret Gunner

S/Sgt. Robert E. Meehan Right Waist Gunner

S/Sgt. William M. Ryan Jr. Left Waist Gunner

S/Sgt John J. Switser Tail Gunner

T/Sgt. Harold R. Edwards Tail Gunner/Engineer

Willard was KIA when they were hit by Anti-Aircraft fire and crashed in the Mediterranean Sea, near Sicily on May 9, 1943, he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Willard is buried/mentioned at North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial, Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia.

Thanks to, http://www.2ndbombgroup.org/

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

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

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

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

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

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com

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