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Personal info

Full name
TILLEY, Ira Porter
Date of birth
4 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Milton, Trimble County, Kentucky
Hometown
Saluda, Jefferson County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
15060077
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pournoy-la-Chétive, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 19 44

Immediate family

Members
John E. Tilley (father)
Nellie (May) Tilley (mother)
Hazel Tilley (sister)
Forest V. Tilley (brother)
Harley B. Forest (brother)
Raymond C. Tilley (brother)
Lloyd Tilley (brother)
Thelma F. Tilley (sister)

More information

Pfc. Ira P. Tilley attended high school for one year and worked on a farm.

He joined the Regular Army at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 21 October 1940 and trained at various camps, especially Camp Custer, Michigan until January, 1942, when he was sent to Iceland, where he stayed until August 1943.

He was first buried at te Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Kentucky Birth Index / www.findagrave.com – Marion McAlister, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, www.newspapers.com - Charlestown Courier

Photo source: -, Marketta Brock (niece) - courtesy of Kathy McDermott