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Personal info

Full name
PARRA, Henry Corales
Date of birth
14 January 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
Hometown
Pima County, Arizona

Military service

Service number
39849537
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 8 46

Immediate family

Members
Francisco M. Parra (father)
Concepcion Parra (mother)
Enrique Parra (brother)

More information

Sgt Henry C. Parra enlisted in Phoenix, Arizona on 2 September 1942 and overseas five months.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - Tucson Daily Citizen

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - Tucson Daily Citizen