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2Lt Floyd Ellwood Parks

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2Lt Floyd Ellwood Parks

Birth
Elgin, Union County, Oregon, USA
Death
9 Oct 1942 (aged 24)
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Burial
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
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Platoon leader in Company B, 2nd Marines, during the Guadalcanal campaign.
Lieutenant Parks and several others from his platoon were drowned on the night of 9 October 1942, when a Higgins boat transporting them from Tulagi to Guadalcanal foundered and sank.
Platoon leader in Company B, 2nd Marines, during the Guadalcanal campaign.
Lieutenant Parks and several others from his platoon were drowned on the night of 9 October 1942, when a Higgins boat transporting them from Tulagi to Guadalcanal foundered and sank.

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Entered the service from Oregon.

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  • Maintained by: Coleman ✿
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56790272/floyd_ellwood-parks: accessed ), memorial page for 2Lt Floyd Ellwood Parks (16 Jul 1918–9 Oct 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56790272, citing Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines; Maintained by Coleman ✿ (contributor 47076912).