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Personal info

Full name
IRWIN, John S
Date of birth
February 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33050932
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Fronhoven-Langendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 12 7

Immediate family

Members
George Irwin (father)
Mary J. (McKelvey) Irwin (mother)
Catharine Irwin (sister)
Alice Irwin (sister)
George Irwin (brother)

More information

Pfc John S. Irwin attended 4 years of high school. He worked as a assistant athletic director at Church Farm School and was single, without dependents.
He entered the service from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 10 April 1941 as a Private.

Source of information: Jac Engels, John T. Gerlosky, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census US, http://www.history.army.mil/documents/ETO-OB/ETOOB-TOC.htm, www.tankdestroyer.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet