104TH
INFANTRY
DIVISION
TIMBERWOLVES
414th Regiment
Company "B"
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On November 5, 1944, PFC JOHN EMIL PARKER, 104th Infantry Division, (Timberwolves), 414th Regiment, Company "B", was killed in action. He was shot by a German sniper in a farmyard in Holland in the vicinity of the Maas River. |
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PFC. JOHN EMIL PARKER is the son of the late John and Eleanore Parker, formerly of 30 Doncaster Street, Roslindale,
Massachusetts. John Emil Parker's parents were notified of
his death on Thanksgiving Day, 1944. John's only brother,
Paul Edward Parker, died on November 6, 1998, 54 years
plus a day, to the day that his brother John was killed in
action.
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PFC. JOHN EMIL PARKER was buried amongst many of his
fellow Timberwolves in Henri-Chapelle Cemetery in Belgium.
In 1947, John was repatriated and he was returned to the
United States, where he now rests eternally with his
mother, father, and brother in Mount Hope Cemetery in
Boston, Massachusetts.
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The pictures on this Web page
were left to me by John's brother Paul, who died in 1998.
The next picture on the right is one of a note that was on
the back of the picture on the left that John's father
carried with him in his wallet. The note on the top half was written
by John's dad as his son went off to war. The bottom half was
added by John's dad after he was killed in action in Holland.
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Pfc. John E. Parker's father served in the United States Army,
and was assigned to Battery "B", 6th Field Artillery. Under the
command of General Pershing, he served in the Punitive Expedition
into Mexico in 1916, trying to capture Pancho Villa.
Also, John's father, John J. Pakulat, is a decorated veteran
of World War I, as he served again under General "Blackjack"
Pershing with the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in World War I, and was well aware of the horrors
of war. He feared for his son, John, as he wrote on the back
of the picture which is shown above. Tragically, his son
was killed in action.
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ALLGEYER, THOMAS R. |
ANGELL, L. C. |
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ATKISSON, JOHN C. |
BAKKEN, KENNETH I. |
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BASKIN, SAM L. |
BOYTE, J. L. |
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CHARRON, GERALD P. |
CORSINI, VICTOR P.
(MIA) |
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DRIFFIL, CHARLES W. |
FOSDYCK, MORRIS, J. |
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GALVIN, THOMAS F. JR. |
GROUNDWATER, JUSTIN J. |
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HALLEY, EDWARD E. |
HANCOCK, DONALD G. |
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HEMLOW, CHARLES B. |
HOGAN, RAYMOND A.
(MIA) |
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JERZYK, STANLEY G. |
JONES, ROLFE D. |
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JUDD, HENRY A. |
KUNES, IVAN C. |
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LAHEY, WILLIAM M. |
LYNCH, RAYMOND E. |
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MALLOW, ROBERT E. |
MARTIN, GETTYS M. |
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MCCURDY, GERALD E. |
MITCHELL, RAPLH |
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PALANCO, JESUS F. |
PARKER, JOHN E. |
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PATTI, CARL A. |
PERASSO, GEORGE J. |
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PURSINO, WILLIAM J. |
QUA, RICHARD M. |
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ROBINSON, JESSE P. |
SHAFFER, RALPH E. |
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SILVER, GEORGE |
SPANKUS, WILLIAM R. |
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STONE, FRANCIS F. |
UNDERWOOD, ALFORD L. |
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WALES, WESLEY E. |
WHITE, EARL |
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WILLIS, JOE L. |
WITHERITE, GUY |
His name is listed on the Massachusetts World War II Memorial at Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts.
His name is also inscribed on the George Robert White Memorial Centre Monument in the Fenway, Boston, Massachusetts.
He was just 19 years old.
The Parker Family is gone, as well as many of the families of the men of Company (B).
John E. Parker's only brother and sibling, Paul, died on November 6, 1998, and before he passed away, he left me the Parker Family military papers and memorabilia. I am honored to be the keeper of their family military legacy.
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Please left click on to any of the following four underlined links for access to Web pages for Pfc. John E. Parker and Company "B".. |
| WWII Postcards | Postcards to John's parents from John |
| FDR Presidential Citation | From Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Parkers |
| JFK Presidential Citation | From John F. Kennedy to the Parkers |
| Company "B" Honor Roll | Company "B": KIA and MIA |
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Please left click on to any of the following three underlined links for access to Web pages for other family members. |
| Parker Family Tribute | John E. Parker's Family |
| Sgt. JohnJ. Pakulat Tribute | John E. Parker's Father: Veteran of the Punitive Expedition and WWI |
| S/Sgt. Albert S. Dold | John E. Parker's 1st cousin: DNB April 8, 1944 |
Click here to View the Pfc. John E. Parker Tribute Guestbook
Click here to Sign the Pfc. John E. Parker Tribute Guestbook|
Site designed, coded in HTML, and maintained by
Kurt A. Dold
, of Norwood, Massachusetts, cousin of Pfc. John E. Parker.
This Web page tribute was originally published on October 1, 2000. The last update to this page was on May 10, 2008. |
I would like to thank all the Timberwolves whom I have
talked directly to, in the past few years, as well as
those who have sent me letters, E-mail, and books.
Thank you to the following Timberwolves:
Special thanks to Peter Branton! |
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