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Personal info

Full name
PARSLEY, Joseph Edward
Date of birth
28 March 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Hopkins County, Texas
Hometown
Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38683746
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Tintange, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 10 2

Immediate family

Members
Manson H. Parsley (father)
Eva M. (Evans) Parsley (mother)
Mary L. Parsley (sister)
Francis M. Parsley (brother)
Kenneth O. Parsley (brother)
Manson H. Parsley (brother)
Alice R. Parsley (sister)
Winnie C. (Montgomery) Parsley (wife)
Charles E Parsley (son)
Joseph E. Parsley (son)
Daniel M. Parsley (son)
Winnifred C. Parsley (daughter)

More information

Sgt Joseph E. Parsley graduated from Carrollton High School in 1938 and was employed at Continental Motors.

He enlisted at Camp Wolters, Texas on 30 March 1944 and was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Beone 2 Roberson Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, TXGenWeb - Carrollton & Farmers Branch - courtesy of Edward L. Williams