World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Kenneth E. Parsh
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Virden, Illinois
Honored By
Jerry Penry
RANK: 2ND LIEUTENANT. SERVED AS AN AT-6A ‘TEXAN’ TRAINER PILOT, WHO WAS KILLED JUNE 19, 1945 ALONG WITH THE COPILOT DURING A LOCAL TRAINING MISSION. THE AIRCRAFT HAD TAKEN-OFF FROM LINCOLN ARMY AIR FIELD WAS OBSERVED TO BE IN A STEEP DIVE BEFORE CRASHING INTO SAND CREEK, NEAR COLON, NEBRASKA. THE PILOT HAD MOMENTARILY PULLED-UP FROM THE MANEUVER AND THEN LOST COMPLETE CONTROL. THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE LAST MILITARY AIRCRAFT TO CRASH IN NEBRASKA DURING WWII THAT INVOLVED A FATALITY.