INDIANA WORLD WAR RECORDS, GOLD STAR HONOR ROLL: A Record of Indiana Men and Women Who Died in the Service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War, 1914-1918, (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1921), p. 172. Mason Lewis Parsons.Private Son of George and Julia Parsons, born February 18, 1886, New Albany, Indiana. Clothing cutter. Called into service August 1918, Ft. Thomas, Ky. Sent to Camp Meigs, Washington, D. C., and assigned to 14th Infantry. Died of influenza October 12, 1918, Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C. Buried in the Soldiers' Cemetery, New Albany, Indiana.