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Personal info

Full name
PARRISH, Edward William
Date of birth
2 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Kansas City, Missouri
Hometown
Heavener, Le Flore County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38697343
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of St. Dié-Etival Clairefontaine, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 26 16

Immediate family

Members
Albert Parrish (father)
Lizzy (Yates) Parrish (mother)
Nancy V. Parrish (sister)
Lee M. Parrish (brother)
Marshal Parrish (brother)
Junior Parrish (brother)

More information

Pvt Edward W. Parrish worked on the family farm when he enlisted on 26 December 1942. He was sent overseas on 15 October 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his abdomen.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave - Andy, https://worldwartwoveterans.org/