The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Roy Parks
Rank
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Unit
D BTRY 82 AAA AW BN 2 DIV
Date of Death
July 31, 1951
Sergeant Parks was a member of Battery D, 82nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was seriously wounded by the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on November 26, 1950 and returned to duty on December 8, 1950. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Hoensong, South Korea on February 13, 1951 and died while a prisoner on July 31, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.