US PARAS Parks, Leon W.

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Parks ​

• FORENAME

Leon W. ​

• UNIT

551 Parachute Infantry Bn (Company B) ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

32938245 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

21st August 1944 ​

• AGE

19 ​

• GRAVESITE

Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France Plot A Row 1 Grave 9 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Mexico, Oswego County, New York​

born 11.1.1925 Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York​

son of Willard B. (1883-1957) and Elizabeth Lamb Brown (nee McQueen) Parks (1890-1981), Mexico-Maple View Road, east of Mexico, New York​

4 years high school​

graduated Mexico Academy and Central School June 1943​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

entered service 7.7.1943 New York, New York​

KIA South France ​

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