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Personal info

Full name
PARR, William Jackman "Jack"
Date of birth
25 November 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Zelionple, Butler County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33282759
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 1 16

Immediate family

Members
Homer S.K. Parr (father)
Sarah J. (Zeigler) Parr (mother)
William F. Ochs (stepfather)
Charles W.Z. Parr (brother)
Andrew H. Parr (brother)
Antoinette V. (Loughborugh) Parr (wife)

More information

S/Sgt William J. Parr graduated from Mount Lebanon High School, the Massanutten Military Academy and attended St. Vincent's College. He was employed by the Page Steel & Wire Co., in Monessen.

He enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 9 July 1942.

Source of information: Tom Verheijden, Astrid van Erp, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File / Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press

Photo source: Tom Verheijden, www.ancestry.com - Massanutten Military Academy Yearbook 1936, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press 24 August 1945