World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
John Paricio Parry
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
New York, New York
Honored By
Family & Friends
DRAFTED IN 1941. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC AND EUROPEAN THEATERS WHERE HE WAS TEAM CHIEF OF A SIX-MAN TEAM IN THE SIGNAL CORPS. HE ALSO LED ONE THE FIRST U.S. ARMY UNITS TO LIBERATE PRISONERS INTERRED AT AUSCHWITZ.