David B Parson

Kannapolis, North Carolina

July 6, 2003

David B. Parson joined the Marines about a year after high school graduation. He left after four years to move closer to his mother and stepfather, then joined the Army. Parson, of Kannapolis, N.C., and based in Germany, died July 6 under fire in Iraq. Survivors include his wife, Mary "Emmy," 23, and three children, ages 1 to 4.