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Personal info

Full name
PARNELL, John Anthony "Jack"
Date of birth
6 January 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Russelton, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35920038
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
20th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 3 63

Immediate family

Members
Charles R. Parnell (father)
Lillian E. (Driscoll) Parnell (mother)
Mary D. Parnell (sister)
Russell C. Parnell (brother)
Katherine Parnell (sister)
Catherine V. (Cleary) Parnell (wife)
John A. Parnell (son)
Joan Parnell (daughter)

More information

Pvt John A. Parnell was an attendant at a filling station before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 28 October 1943.

He was taken prisoner and died of his injuries in a hospital in Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Riley McCarthy Chambers Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, The Plain Dealer - 6 February 1945