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Personal info

Full name
IRBY, Robert James
Date of birth
29 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Watson, Desha County, Arkansas
Hometown
Red Fork Township, Desha County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38515967
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 23 43

Immediate family

Members
Albert Z. Irby (father)
Jessie L. (Baldwin) Irby (mother)
Albert Z. Irby (brother)
Desiree Irby (sister)
Mary Irby (sister)
Margaret Irby (sister)
Edward Irby (brother)

More information

Sgt Robert J. Irby worked on a farm before he enlisted in Little Rock, Arkansas on 4 September 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com – Rick Lawrence

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