Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameTec5 Marl PARKS 
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4707Birth Date1906
Birth PlacePennsylvania, USA
Death Date21 Jul 1944
Death PlaceBasse-Normandie, FRANCE
Death MemoKilled in Action
Burial PlaceNormandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, FRANCE
OccupationBrickyard Laborer (1930)
Cause of DeathKilled In Action, World War II
FatherWilliam A PARKS (1876-1934)
MotherAda A PETERS (1879-1945)
Misc. Notes
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Marl I Parks
Birth Year: 1906
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Pennsylvania
State: Alaska
Enlistment Date: 22 Dec 1942
Enlistment State: Pennsylvania
Enlistment City: Altoona
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Marital Status: Single, with dependents
Height: 69
Weight: 168
World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
Name: Marl I Parks
Inducted From: Pennsylvania
Rank: Technician Grade Five
Combat Organization: 113th Cavalry Recon Squadron
Death Date: 21 Jul 1944
Monument: Normandy, France
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal4707
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The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, where Marl is buried is a World War II cemetery that honors American troops who died in Europe during World War II. On June 8, 1944, the U.S. First Army established the temporary cemetery, the first American cemetery on European soil in World War II. After the war, the present-day cemetery was established a short distance to the east of the original site. Like all other overseas American cemeteries in France for World War I and II, France has granted the United States a special, perpetual concessionto the land occupied by the cemetery, free of any charge or any tax. This cemetery is managed by the American government, under Congressional acts that provide yearly financial support for maintaining them, with most military and civil personnel employed abroad. The U.S. flag flies over these granted soils.
The cemetery is located on a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach (one of the landing beaches of the Normandy Invasion and the English Channel. It covers 172 acres, and contains the remains of 9,387 American military dead, most of whom were killed during the invasion of Normandy and ensuing military operations in World War II. Included are graves of Army Air Corps crews shot down over France as early as 1942 and three American women.
Only some of the soldiers who died overseas are buried in the overseas American military cemeteries. When it came time for a permanent burial, the next of kin eligible to make decisions were asked if they wanted their loved ones repatriated for permanent burial in the U.S., or interred at the closest overseas cemetery.
Two sons of President Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., a Medal of Honor recipient and Quentin Roosevelt, an aviator killed in action in World War I, are interred here.4708
Name: Marl I Parks
Birth Year: 1906
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Pennsylvania
State: Alaska
Enlistment Date: 22 Dec 1942
Enlistment State: Pennsylvania
Enlistment City: Altoona
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Marital Status: Single, with dependents
Height: 69
Weight: 168
World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
Name: Marl I Parks
Inducted From: Pennsylvania
Rank: Technician Grade Five
Combat Organization: 113th Cavalry Recon Squadron
Death Date: 21 Jul 1944
Monument: Normandy, France
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal4707
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The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, where Marl is buried is a World War II cemetery that honors American troops who died in Europe during World War II. On June 8, 1944, the U.S. First Army established the temporary cemetery, the first American cemetery on European soil in World War II. After the war, the present-day cemetery was established a short distance to the east of the original site. Like all other overseas American cemeteries in France for World War I and II, France has granted the United States a special, perpetual concessionto the land occupied by the cemetery, free of any charge or any tax. This cemetery is managed by the American government, under Congressional acts that provide yearly financial support for maintaining them, with most military and civil personnel employed abroad. The U.S. flag flies over these granted soils.
The cemetery is located on a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach (one of the landing beaches of the Normandy Invasion and the English Channel. It covers 172 acres, and contains the remains of 9,387 American military dead, most of whom were killed during the invasion of Normandy and ensuing military operations in World War II. Included are graves of Army Air Corps crews shot down over France as early as 1942 and three American women.
Only some of the soldiers who died overseas are buried in the overseas American military cemeteries. When it came time for a permanent burial, the next of kin eligible to make decisions were asked if they wanted their loved ones repatriated for permanent burial in the U.S., or interred at the closest overseas cemetery.
Two sons of President Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., a Medal of Honor recipient and Quentin Roosevelt, an aviator killed in action in World War I, are interred here.4708