World War II Honoree

Clarence F. Parizek

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Dysart, Iowa

Honored By

Hubert O. Caloud

Relationship

Family Friend

STAFF SERGEANT CLARENCE PARIZEK PERISHED AS A B-17 TOP TURRET GUNNER IN 412TH BOMB SQUADRON, 95TH BOMB GROUP (HEAVY) APRIL 11, 1944 WHILE RETURNING TO ENGLAND FROM A BOMBING MISSION TO POZNAN, POLAND HIS PLANE WAS ATTACKED BY GERMAN FIGHTERS. THE PLANE CRASHED INTO THE BALTIC SEA AND ALL 10 CHUTES OF THE CREW WERE SEEN IN THE AIR. APPARENTLY THE ENTIRE CREW PERISHED IN THE BALTIC SEA AND A FINDING OF DEATH DETERMINED AT THE END OF THE WAR. CLARENCE IS MEMORIALIZED ON THE WALLS OF THE MISSING IN THE AMERICAN CEMETERY AT CAMBRIDGE.