Parks, Herschel
					
							
							
							  
								- Date of death:
 
								- January 3rd, 1945 (Bois Jacques forest north of Bastogne/province of Luxembourg, Belgium)
 
							  
								- Buried on:
 
								- Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial
 
							  
								- Nationality:
 
								- American
 
							  
							
						
					
					Biography
					
					1st Sergeant Herschel Parks is buried at Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Plot: H, Row: 13, Grave: 17.
					
					
					
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							- Period:
 - Second World War (1939-1945)
 - Rank:
  - 1st Sergeant 
 - Unit:
  - Company F, 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", U.S. Army 
 
For action performed on 3 January 1945, at the Bois Jacques forest between Foy and Bizory/province of Luxembourg, Belgium.
Posthumously awarded.
								
 
								
								 
								
							
							
								
					Sources
					
					  
						- - 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