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Personal info

Full name
SPARKS, Carl Clyde
Date of birth
28 March 1917
Age
28
Place of birth
Breeding, Adair County, Kentucky
Hometown
Dirigo, Adair County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35483329
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
22 February 1946
Place of death
In the vicinity of Halsdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Lee W. Sparks (father)
Laura J. (Fudge) Sparks (mother)
Emery Sparks (sister)
Raybun Sparks (brother)
Willard Sparks (brother)
Nathan Sparks (brother)
Matria Sparks (sister)

More information

Carl C. Sparks worked on a farm before he enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 7 July 1942.

He was declared officially death one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

He is remembered at the Fudge Cemetery in Breeding, Adair County, Kentucky.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Kentucky Birth Index, www.80thdivision.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten - www.findagrave.com – Dave Hansen/ Bob and Nancy Cannon