Parker, Edwin P, Jr., MG

Deceased
 
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Final Rank
Major General
Last Service Branch
Field Artillery
Last MOS
0002-General Officer
Last MOS Group
General Officer
Primary Unit
1948-1953, 9100, Office of the Provost Marshal General (OPMG)
Service Years
1912 - 1953
Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Field Artillery
Major General
Six Overseas Service Bars

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Home State
Virginia
Virginia
 Year of Birth
1891
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Wythe County		 Last Address
Washington, D.C.
Date of Passing
Jun 07, 1983		  

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Army Staff Identification US Army Retired (Pre-2007)


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Artillery Shoulder Cord Cold War Veteran




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Last Known Activity:

MG Parker commanded the 78th Infantry Division throughout the ETO Campaigns of WW2.

He also served as the US Army Provost Marshal from 1948 - 1953.

Upon retirement, he was the Business Manager for the St. Albans School for Boys in Washington D.C., 1960 - 1970.
   
   1942-1945, 0002, 78th Infantry Division

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November / 1945
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Major General		 MOS
0002-General Officer
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ETO		State/Country
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78th Infantry Division 		Changed to 78th Division (Training Support)
Type
Support 		 
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Infantry Divisions 		Strength
Division
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78th Infantry Division
Rice, John, MG, (1916-1953) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Kibler, Abram, MG, (1913-1952) FA 1193 Brigadier General
Cole, Chauncey David, LTC, (1938-1962) IN 1542 Captain
Hardenbergh, Henry Hall, COL, (1940-1971) IN 1560 Captain
Blunt, Arthur, 1LT, (1939-1946) MP 9110 Second Lieutenant
Horton, Jesse, M/SGT, (1941-1944) EN 564 Master Sergeant
Fitzgerrell, Robert Johnson, T/SGT, (1942-1945) IN 745 Technical Sergeant
Silva, Lawrence, T/SGT, (1943-1946) UN 00E Technical Sergeant
Husak, Leo John, S/SGT, (1943-1945) IN 745 Staff Sergeant
Rickel, Thomas Junior, S/SGT, (1944-1945) IN 745 Staff Sergeant
Welker, Lorin J, S/SGT, (1944-1946) IN 521 Staff Sergeant
Wendell, Carl, S/SGT, (1943-1945) IN 745 Staff Sergeant
Yocum, Robert Zendt, S/SGT, (1943-1945) UN 00E Staff Sergeant
McBride, Eugene Gilbert, SGT, (1943-1945) IN 745 Sergeant
Pichette, Eugene Francis, Cpl, (1943-1945) IN 745 Corporal
Ford, Donald W, T/5, (1942-1946) SC 740 Technician Fifth Grade
Hartz, James, T/5, (1943-1945) IN 745 Technician Fifth Grade
Baxter, Julian, PFC, (1944-1946) IN 746 Private First Class
Gardner, George, PFC, (1943-1945) MP 677 Private First Class
Greathouse, Homer Harold, PFC, (1942-1946) MD 861 Private First Class
Holler, Robert D., PFC, (1943-1945) OD 505 Private First Class
Layton, Robert Van, M/SGT, (1943-1953) IN 745 Private First Class
McCauley, Paul Conley, PFC, (1942-1945) IN 745 Private First Class
Michael, Arthur Welton, PFC, (1943-1946) TC 345 Private First Class
Moretz, Herbert, PFC, (1944-1946) IN 111.10 Private First Class
Barnes, Richard Eaton, PVT, (1943-1944) UN 00E Private
Beeman, Harry R., T/SGT, (1943-1950) IN 745 Private
Falleroni, Anthony MD 657 Private
Lann, George Y., PVT, (1944-1945) IN 745 Private
Wilson, Carl, PVT, (1944-1946) MP 677 Private
Collier, William, BG, (1914-1954) 2010 Colonel
Dabney, William, 1LT, (1944-1944) IN First Lieutenant
Edgin, James W., SGT, (1942-1945) IN Sergeant
Woodard, Cois, PFC, (1942-1945) IN Private First Class
Blanchard, George Samuel, GEN, (1944-1979) First Lieutenant
Schrock, Donald Richard, T/SGT, (1942-1945) Technical Sergeant
Kelley, Jonah E., S/SGT, (1943-1945) Staff Sergeant
Melancon, Charles, S/SGT, (1944-1946) Staff Sergeant
Chamberlain, Howard Elvin, SGT, (1942-1945) Sergeant
Skipper, William Edwin, T/4, (1943-1945) Technician Fourth Grade
Sweimler, Theodore Frank, Cpl, (1944-1945) Corporal
Dristas, James Lawrence, T/5, (1943-1945) Technician Fifth Grade
Myers, Floyd McClaine, T/5, (1943-1945) Technician Fifth Grade
Baker, William Howard, PFC, (1943-1945) Private First Class
Etter, Paul Leroy, PFC, (1944-1945) Private First Class
Hinnershitz, Clair Robert, PFC, (1944-1945) Private First Class
Jacoby, Robert Charles, PFC, (1943-1944) Private First Class
Journic, Andrew George, PFC, (1944-1945) Private First Class
Manzanares, Susano, PFC, (1943-1946) Private First Class
Moffett, Walter Samuel, PFC, (1942-1944) Private First Class
Plebanek, Frank Anthony, PFC, (1943-1948) Private First Class
Saltzman, Lewis Vermont, PFC, (1942-1945) Private First Class
Hanna, George, PFC, (1944-1945) Private
Roberts Jr., Edward, PVT, (1940-1945) Private

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