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Personal info

Full name
FARWELL, Irving A
Date of birth
22 August 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Raymond, Cumberland County, Maine
Hometown
Cumberland, Cumberland County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31465121
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Houssen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 35 36

Immediate family

Members
Lorenzo F. Farwell (father)
Hazel B. (Tenney) Farwell (mother)
Zelene Farwell (sister)
Keith L. Farwell (brother)
Edward E. Ireland (half-brother)
Edwin Farwell (half-brother)
Lorenzo F. Farwell (half-brother)
Joseph K. Farwell (half-brother)
Marion K. (Patterson) Farwell (wife)
Patricia M. Farwell (daughter)

More information

Pfc Irving A. Farwell attended high school for three years before he enlisted.

He was married to Marion Patterson on 21 June 1941.

He enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 24 April 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments at his head and arm.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy