John Parker - Military

Military

  • John Parker (captain) (1729–1775), captain of the Lexington militia at the Battle of Lexington
  • John Frederick Parker (Navy) (1853–1911), United States Navy captain and one-time Governor of American Samoa, 1908–1910
  • John Lankester Parker (1896–1965), British test pilot
  • John Henry Parker (general) (1866–1942), (aka "Gatling Gun Parker"), Brigadier General (ret.) U.S. Army, officer commanding the Gatling Gun Detachment in Cuba during the Spanish-American War

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