The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Lonnie Lavern Parker
Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
6148 TAC CONTROL SQ
Date of Death
December 31, 1953
First Lieutenant Parker was the pilot of a AT-6D Mosquito observation aircraft with the 6148th Tactical Air Control Squadron, 6147 Tactical Air Control Group. On December 9, 1951, while flying an air-ground control mission, his aircraft was shot down and he was listed as Missing in Action. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.