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Personal info

Full name
PARISH, Thomas Lee
Date of birth
19 February 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Oklahoma
Hometown
Spanaway, Pierce County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39209251
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 October 1944
Place of death
Near Remoncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 45 20

Immediate family

Members
John F. Parish (father)
Bertha E. (Hail) Parish (mother)
Frankie E. Parish (sister)
Betty L. Parish (sister)
John F. Parish Jr. (brother)

More information

Pvt Thomas L. Parish attended Kaposin high school for one year and was employed at the Seattle Tacoma Shipyards before he enlisted in Seattle, Washington on 9 June 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Sorrels Lough Family Tree / 1930 Census / WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, The News Tribune - 15 December 1944