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Personal info

Full name
PARNELL, James Franklin
Date of birth
24 January 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
South Carolina
Hometown
Alligator, Chesterfield County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34967066
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
Near Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 24 69

Immediate family

Members
James R. Parnell (father)
Laura S. Parnell (mother)
Selma E. Parnell (sister)
Margaret (Barefoot) Parnell (wife)
Donald R. Parnell (son)

More information

Pvt James F. Parnell worked on a farm before he enlisted in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 31 March 1944.

He went overseas on 10 January 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. Social Security Death Index, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.newspapers.com - Florence Morning News South Carolina 6 April 1945
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