Lake Sun Leader -- MORGAN COUNTY - A soldier who grew up in Versailles and whose family recently moved to Lebanon has died from injuries suffered during battle in Iraq, according to information provided by the Missouri Army National Guard.

Missouri Army National Guard Sgt. Lawrence Lee Roy Parrish, 36, died from injuries suffered when he encountered an improvised explosive device on Oct. 7 in Iraq.

Jamie Morrow, co-owner of Scrivner-Morrow Funeral Home in Versailles, said Wednesday afternoon that a relative of Parrish recently

notified the funeral home of his death and said she has made plans to meet with family members at a later date to make arrangements for funeral services.

Parrish is survived by his wife, Sarah, and five children, Katheryn, Constance, Jacqueline, Hayden and Gracelynn, of Lebanon.

Parrish, posthumously promoted to staff sergeant, was a member of the 110th Engineer Battalion, headquartered in Kansas City. Also killed in the same attack was Spc. John Edward Wood, of Humboldt, Kan., a Kansas Army National Guard member.

Right now, our thoughts and prayers are with the families of these two soldiers, said Maj. Gen. King Sidwell, adjutant general of the Missouri National Guard.

Parrish had been mobilized since August 2005, supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. His unit went overseas last November and had been providing convoy security and working to remove improvised explosive devices along the Iraqi roadways.

Parrish joined the Missouri Army National Guard in 1988 with the 1139th Military Police Company, in Harrisonville, Mo. He later joined the U.S. Army and served in Bosnia from March through October 1999; served in Qatar, Kuwait, from December 2001 to January 2002; and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, from July 2003 through January 2004. Parrish reenlisted in February 2006.

In his 12 years of military service, Parrish received a number of awards, including the Army Commendation Medal, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, two Army Good Conduct Medals, two National Defense Service Medals, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, two Overseas Service Ribbons, and the Army Forces Reserve Medal with the M Device.

For his deployed service, Parrish was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Combat Action Badge and Missouri Expeditionary Medal.

Parrish was a graduate of basic training, advanced individual training, the primary leader development course, and the basic non-commissioned officer course.