Name:
James Edwin Parnell
Rank:
Private
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Unit:
16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-10-08
State:
Louisiana
Cemetery:
Sibley Cemetery, Sibley, Louisiana
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When James Edwin Parnell was born on December 17, 1887, in Choudrant, Louisiana, his father, Thomas, was 41 and his mother, Rebecca, was 35. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Private in Company C, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action on October 10, 1918 (at the age of 30) and is now buried in Sibley Cemetery, Sibley, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, USA.