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Personal info

Full name
PARSONS, Amos Junior
Date of birth
16 November 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia
Hometown
Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34886431
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
32nd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 September 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 14 52

Immediate family

Members
Joseph S. Parsons (father)
Katherine L. Parsons (mother)
Ray L. Parsons (brother)
Mary M. Parsons (sister)
Bonnie R. Parsons (sister)
Edna D. Parsons (sister)
Josephine Parsons (wife)
Leroy Parsons (son)

More information

Pvt Amos J. Parsons enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 9 October 1943.

Amos Parsons was a Tank Man, killed by a shell in Belgium.
Mrs. Kathryn Parsons of Kingsport, has been notified by the War Department that her son, Pvt A.J. Parsons, Jr. was killed in action somewhere in Belgium, September 12.
Before entering the service Private Parsons was employed by the Holston Ordnance Works. He had been in the service 11 months, having served overseas five months. He received his basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Kingsport Times

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Kingsport Times 22 October 1944