Rank and Name, Yeoman Third Class Robert Morris Parker.
Unit/Placed in, USS Belknap (APD-34) Highspeed Transport,
United States Navy.
Robert is born approx. on 1926 in Massachusetts.
Father, John H. Parker.
Mother, Evangeline M. Parker.
Robert enlisted the service in Massachusetts with service number # 2023341.
Robert was KIA when a Kamikaze crashed on the USS Belknap in the Lingayen Gulf, Philippines on Jan. 11, 1945, 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.
Robert is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/04/04034.htm
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
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
