Parks, Elmer P., PFC

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Private First Class
Last Service Branch
Infantry
Last Primary MOS
345-Truck Driver Light
Last MOS Group
Infantry
Primary Unit
1944-1945, 345, 70th Infantry Division
Service Years
1941 - 1945
Infantry
Private First Class
One Service Stripe
Six Overseas Service Bars

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Home State
West Virginia
West Virginia
 Year of Birth
1917
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Hendricks
Date of Passing
Nov 01, 1995		  

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Infantry Shoulder Cord Honorably Discharged WW II


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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ELMER P. PARKS WAS A TRUCK DRIVER BEFORE BEING INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY ON 22 APRIL 1941. AFTER BASIC TRAINING HE WAS SENT TO THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS WHERE HE SPENT THE 2 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS. (IT IS UNCLEAR WHO HE SERVED WITH THERE FROM LOOKING AT HIS DISCHARGE BUT MY BEST GUESS WOULD BE THE 201ST INFANTRY AS A LOT OF MEN FROM MY AREA SERVED WITH THE SAME UNIT IN ALASKA.) AFTER BRIEFLY RETURNING TO THE STATES HE WAS SENT TO EUROPE ARRIVING ON 10 DECEMBER 1944 WHERE HE SERVED WITH HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 274TH INF REGT, 70TH INF DIV AS A TRUCK DRIVER. HE REMAINED IN EUROPE THROUGH 3 CAMPAIGNS AND SEVERAL MONTHS OF OCCUPATION DUTY BEFORE BEING SENT HOME.  PFC PARKS WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON 19 OCTOBER 1945.  ELMER PARKS PASSED AWAY ON 1 NOVEMBER 1995 IN STARK COUNTY OHIO.  
   
   1944-1945, 345, 70th Infantry Division

Private First Class
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October / 1945
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70th Infantry Division Unit Page
Rank
Private First Class		 MOS
345-Truck Driver Light
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70th Infantry Division 		Changed to 70th Regional Readiness Command
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Support 		 
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Infantry Divisions 		Strength
Division
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Last Updated: Oct 17, 2018
   
   
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Reeds, John Nelson, T/5, (1944-1946) IN 745 Technician Fifth Grade
Pitts, Frankie Leroy, PFC, (1942-1945) IN 604 Private First Class
Wagoner, Hayward L., PFC, (1943-1945) IN 745 Private First Class
Davis, Walter Leslie, PVT, (1944-1945) IN 745 Private
DeMuth, Russell Herbert, PVT, (1943-1945) IN 745 Private
Fina, William Peter, PVT, (1944-1945) IN 745 Private
Monoski, William, PVT, (1944-1946) IN 746 Private
Warhola, John, PVT, (1942-1945) IN 590 Private
Dahlquist, John, GEN, (1917-1956) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Herren, Thomas, LTG, (1917-1957) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Rodes, Peter, BG, (1917-1950) FA 1193 Brigadier General
Young, Robert, LTG, (1922-1957) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Blanchard, George Samuel, GEN, (1944-1979) IN 1542 Second Lieutenant
Page, Woodrow, S/SGT, (1943-1945) UN 00E Staff Sergeant
Picht, Willy, T/SGT, (1942-1946) MI 1320 Sergeant
Gillespie, Charles F., PFC, (1941-1945) EN 189 Private First Class
Pachosa, Andrew J., PFC, (1941-1945) OD 381 Private First Class
Cummings, John Bradford, SGT, (1942-1945) IN Sergeant
Desiderio, Reginald, CPT, (1941-1950) First Lieutenant
Zuehlsdorff, Reinhart, T/5, (1943-1945) Corporal
Crites, Edwin J., 1LT, (1943-1945) First Lieutenant
Scobey, David Phineas, 2LT, (1942-1945) Second Lieutenant
Crooks, Leonidas M., 1ST SGT, (1942-1945) First Sergeant
Schlosser, Leonard William, PVT, (1944-1945) Private

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