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Personal info

Full name
SPARR, Aaron Oliver
Date of birth
1 April 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Franklin Square, Nassau County, New York

Military service

Service number
42061451
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
Schevenhütte, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 14 61

Immediate family

Members
Harry A. Sparr (father)
Marie M. (Gellichsheimer) (mother)
Ive Sparr (sister)
Marie Sparr (sister)
Harry Sparr (brother)
Rose (Donohue) Sparr (wife)

More information

Pvt Aaron O. Sparr was a clerk before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 22 December 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet