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TECHNICIAN FIFTH CLASS
JAMES H. PARKS JR. was the son of James H. and Emma Parks. The
family lived at 848 Bailey Street in Camden NJ during the war years and
for some time thereafter.. He
was inducted into the United States Army early in the war, and assigned
to the 83rd Chemical Battalion, Motorized. He served overseas in North
Africa and Italy.
James Parks was killed
when the landing craft he was in, LST-422, was sunk by
attacking German forces off the coast of Italy on January 26,
1944. Several other local men were lost, including a neighbor,
Technician Fifth Class William W. Pheneger of 920 North 7th Street.
Technician Fifth Class
James Parks was survived by his parents. His death was reported in
the August 25, 1944 edition of the Camden Courier-Post. His family was
still living on Bailey Street in the late 1940s. |
