Drexel Dean Sparks

1924 - 1945  (21 years)

• Name	Drexel Dean Sparks
  Nickname	Rex
  Born	30 Jan 1924	Parnell, Missouri, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 May 1945	North Sea
  	World War II - Missing in Action
  Buried	Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, Cambridgeshire, England
  Person ID	I18788	Family Tree
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2022

  
  

  Family	Marilyn J. Sterns,   b. 1928, Nebraska, USA
  Married	10 Nov 1944	Alexandria, Louisiana, USA
  Children	1. Living
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2016
  Family ID	F9165	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 30 Jan 1924 - Parnell, Missouri, USA Married - 10 Nov 1944 - Alexandria, Louisiana, USA Died - 31 May 1945 - North Sea Buried - - Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, Cambridgeshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Drexel and Marilyn Sparks Wedding Photo
  		Drexel Sparks Drexel before he received his flight wings and was commissioned a 2LT.

  
  

  Documents

  Wedding events from other towns announced today The Nebraska State Journal Lincoln, Nebraska Page 20

  
  

  Landmarks

  Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, Cambridgeshire, England Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, Cambridgeshire, England

  
  

  Obituary & Death Notice

  Lt. Drexel Sparks Missing in Action Lt. Drexel Sparks missing in action Lt. Drexel D. Sparks, 22, co-pilot of an Eighth air force Flying Fortress, who went overseas from Lincoln Army Air Field Jan. 23, 1945, has been reported by the war department as missing over the North sea since May 31. Word was received by his wife, Marilyn Sparks, formerly of Raymond, Neb., now living with Mrs. A. M. Sparks in McMinnville, Ore. The report from the war department came 11 weeks after notice that Lieutenant Sparks' brother, Lt. Alvis Sparks, had been killed in a B- 29 crash after a bombing raid on Japan. Lt. Drexel Sparks entered the service in February, 1943. --Lincoln Evening Journal, Lincoln, Nebraska, July 12, 1945 Page 1