US PARAS Butler, Ira Jabez

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Butler ​

• FORENAME

Ira Jabez​

• UNIT

509 Parachute Infantry Battalion (Company B) ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

36060609 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

15th August 1944 ​

• AGE

29​

• GRAVESITE

Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France Tablets of the Missing ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Pike County, Illinois​

born 06.02.1915 Pleasant Hill, Pike County, Illinois, USA​

father Moses R. Butler (1890-1923)​

mother Dora B. (nee Miller) Butler (1894-1958)​

2 years high school​

civil occupation unskilled occupations in manufacture of boots and shoes​

employed by Brown Shoe Company​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

resided South Memorial Street, Pittsfield, Pike County, Illinois (draft card)​

16.10.1940 draft card Illinois​

19.06.1942 entered service Peoria, Illinois​

award Bronze Star​

MIA Gulf of St Tropez, South France ​

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