BIOGRAPHY:
1st Sergeant Herschel Parks is buried at Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Plot: H, Row: 13, Grave: 17.
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SILVER STAR
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Rank:
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1st Sergeant
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Company F, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", U.S. Army
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Action:
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For action performed on 3 January 1945, at the Bois Jacques forest between Foy and Bizory/province of Luxembourg, Belgium.
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Posthumously awarded.
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PURPLE HEART
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Rank:
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1st Sergeant
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Unit:
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Company F, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", U.S. Army
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- Bando, M., 101st Airborne: The Screaming Eagles in World War II, Zenith Press, St. Paul/Minnesota, USA, 2007
- Rapport, L., Northwood Jr., A, Rendezvous with Destiny – A History of the 101st Airborne Division, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 2000 (reprint of the original 1948 edition not the later 1965 second edition)
- ww2-airborne.us
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