World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Roger E. Parrish, Jr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Jackson, Tennessee
Honored By
Ms. Elizabeth Vann
Relationship
Sister
Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant Barksdale Field - August 1941. Assigned Ferry Command Long Beach, 2 1/2 years. Volunteered for Combat B-29 Pilot, China-Burma-India Theatre, 20th Bomber Command downed by Kamikaze fighter December 7, 1944. Missing presumed killed.