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Personal info

Full name
PARSONS, Carl Ullon
Date of birth
28 October 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Martin, Weakley County, Tennessee
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39080815
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 December 1944
Place of death
Folpersviller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 34 21

Immediate family

Members
James M. Parsons (father)
Zora I. (Hunt) Parsons (mother)
Lula A. Parsons (sister)
Mary L. Parsons (sister)
Claud F. Parsons (sister)
Margaret (Oliver) Parsons (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Carl U. Parsons worked on a farm before he enlisted in Sacramento, California on 17 June 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.comm www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Tennessee Delayed Birth Records / 1920 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Tennessee Marriage Records, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Michael J Rea, www.newspapers.com - Los Angeles Evening Citizen News - 12 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dan Phelan