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Personal info

Full name
WALKER, Ivey
Date of birth
19 January 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Wayne, Brantley County, Georgia
Hometown
Hickox, Brantley County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34089063
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dornot-Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 17 15

Immediate family

Members
John W. Walker (father)
Alice (Crews) Walker (mother)
Allen W. Walker (brother)
Mary Walker (sister)
Riley Walker (brother)
Polly Walker (sister)
Johnny Walker (brother)
Macie Walker (sister)
Archie Walker (brother)
James Walker (brother)

More information

Pfc Ivey Walker was sentenced for assault to murder in 1935 and paroled in 1937.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted in the Regular Army at Ft. McPherson, Georgia on 20 October 1941.

He was first buried at the 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 1942-1949 / Georgia Central Register of Convicts, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Silas Douglas