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Last Rank
Second Lieutenant
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Last Primary MOS
7302-Pilot VMF
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Last MOSGroup
Pilots/Naval Flight Officers
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Primary Unit
1952-1952, 1st MAW
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Service Years
1949 - 1952
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Last Photo |
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Home State
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Year of Birth 1929 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Pamela LaVerne Jeans-Historian
to remember
Marine 2ndLt Donald Lawrence Parks.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town Henning |
Last Address Grand Rapids
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Casualty Date May 06, 1952 |
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Cause Hostile, Died |
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land |
Location Korea, North |
Conflict Korean War |
Location of Interment Itasca Calvary Cemetery - Grand Rapids, Minnesota |
Wall/Plot Coordinates Plot: IB2113 |
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From Month/Year
March / 1950 |
To Month/Year
October / 1953
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Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
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Memories Killed in Action Died May 6, 1952 in Korea
Second Lieutenant Parks was the pilot of a AD-2 Skyraider fighter the Marine Attack Squadron 121, Marine Air Group 12, 1st Marine Air Wing. On May 6, 1952, while on a combat mission over North Korea, his aircraft was struck by anti-aircraft fire and crashed
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