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Personal info

Full name
PARRA, Roy P
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Florida
Hometown
Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida

Military service

Service number
20422924
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
702nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 17 7

Immediate family

Members
Ramon Parra (father)
Maria Parra (mother)
Myrtle M. Chaney (foster-mother)
Ramon R. Parra (brother)
Jose J. Parra (brother)
Rolando Parra (brother)
Carlos C. Parra (brother)
Clara Parra (sister)

More information

Sgt Roy P. Parra graduated from Hillsborough High School and enlisted in Tampa, Florida on 25 November 1940.

He had been recommended for the Bronze Star Medal for the single-handed capture of 60 Germans.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Erwin Derhaag, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees, www.newspapers.com - The Tampa Tribune

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet