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Personal info

Full name
PARKS, Harry Lanocl
Date of birth
25 December 1913
Age
30
Place of birth
Manchester, Adams County, Ohio
Hometown
Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35878576
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sainte-Croix, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 14 6

Immediate family

Members
Warren Parks (father)
Emma L. (Weida) Parks (mother)
Bernetta Parks (sister)
Melba Parks (sister)
Olive A. (Crabtree) Sparks (wife)
Doris J. Parks (daughter)
Roger B. Parks (son)
Patricia Parks (daughter)

More information

Pvt Harry L. Parks was a molder before he enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 22 October 1943. He was sent overseas in April 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Gunkel Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Coleman, www.newspapers.com – The Press Gazette - 8 December 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com - Rear