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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

John Russell Parker

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Queens, New York

Honored By

The Parker Family

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

Enlisted in the U.S. Navy on January 16, 1941. Received Boot training at Naval Training Center, Newport, Rhode Island. Assigned to Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut, in June 1941. Commissioned USS Abbot (DD-629) on April 23, 1943 in Boston, Massachusetts; participated in eight major assignments in the Asiatic-Pacific theater of Operations during 1943-1945.