US PARAS 2 Sturgeon, Ira Jackie

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Sturgeon​

• FORENAME

Ira Jackie​

• UNIT

501 Infantry Regiment (Airmobile) (Company A,2 Bn)​

• RANK

Specialist Fourth Class​

• NUMBER

51647579​

• DATE OF DEATH

13th May 1969​

• AGE

19​

• GRAVESITE

Billie Dotson Cemetery,Board Tree,Pike County,Kentucky​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Freeburn,Kentucky​

born 3.9.1949​

son of Ira Clyde and Essie (nee Dotson) Sturgeon​

single​

less than 1 year service​

award Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster​

KIA FSB Airborne,Thua Thien Province,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 25W Line 111​

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