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Personal info

Full name
PARSON, Fred Clarence
Date of birth
9 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Blairs Mills, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Blairs Mills, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33768687
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
50th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
The woods of Bois-Saint-Lambert, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 4 13

Immediate family

Members
Harper E. Parson (father)
Martha F. (Hockenberry) Parson (mother)
Melvin Parson (brother)
Russell C. Parson (brother)
Raymond L. Parson (brother)
Ralph Parson (brother)
Hilda Parson (sister)
Dolly M. Parson (sister)
Thelma Parson (sister)

More information

Pvt Fred C. Parson was a driver before he enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 6 July 1944.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Hockenberry Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.6tharmoreddivision.com, www.super6th.org
Photo source: Peter Schouteten - www.findagrave.com - Anonymous