USN · Commander

Parker, Edwin Byron Jr.

Portrait via NavSource Naval History (https://www.navsource.org/archives/03/../02/people/parker_edwin_b_jr.jpg); presumed official U.S. Navy photograph, public domain as a U.S. government work. Status not individually verified.

Ships

USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Commander in command from 12 June 1946 · Relieved on 31 July 1946
USS Savo Island (CVE-78) Commander in command from 10 August 1946 · Relieved on 12 December 1946

Commander Edwin Byron Parker, Jr. was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1935. He commanded USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) from 12 June 1946 to 31 July 1946. He commanded USS Savo Island (CVE-78) from 10 August 1946 to 12 December 1946. NavSource records that he later reached the rank of captain.

Sources: NavSource CVE-78 COs (navsource.org); NavSource CVE-80 COs (navsource.org).