Roy Sparks

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Pvt. Roy Sparks

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Powell Sparks

KIA France Aug 8, 1944

FLAT GAP BOY KILLED AUG. 8

Pvt. Roy Sparks 43rd Casualty In County.

    Mr. And Mrs. Powell Sparks, of Flat Gap, were notified August 24 that their son, Pvt. Roy Sparks was killed in action in France on August 8. This is the forty third known casualty, which includes dead, missing and prisoners-of-war, in this county. Pvt. Sparks, born Nov. 17, 1917, entered the service on October 13, 1943, taking his training at Camp Blanding, Fla. He was later transferred to Ft. Meade, Maryland, from where he was sent across early this year.

Surviving are his wife, the former Beulah Williams and one child.

Paintsville herald

Thursday

08/31/1944