Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
IRION, Klein Thomson
Date of birth
26 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
Hometown
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona

Military service

Service number
19109476
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 April 1945
Place of death
Near Munich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 44 33

Immediate family

Members
Fredrick Irion (father)
Ruby E. (Muldrow) Irion (mother)
Huela W. Irion (sister)
Arleen C. Irion (sister)

More information

Pfc Klein T. Irion attended Union High School and one year at Phoenix Junior College. He was employed at the Mountain States Telephone Company before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Phoenix, Arizona on 5 December 1942. He was sent overseas in April 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / McLane Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Arizona Republic 26 May 1945
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Phoenix