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Personal info

Full name
PARRISH, Thomas "Tommie"
Date of birth
1917
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Louisiana
Hometown
Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
14023464
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
8th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 April 1945
Place of death
In the woods near Oberdachstetten, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 23 42

Immediate family

Members
John C. Parrish (father)
Maggie J. (King) Parrish (mother)
Fronie M. Parrish (sister)
Minnie B. Parrish (sister)
Bernice Parrish (sister)

More information

Pfc Tommie Parrish worked on a farm when he joined the National Guard in Jackson, Mississippi on 8 October 1940.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Danny van der Groen – Company’s / 4ID After Action Reports, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Terry Hale Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com
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