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Personal info

Full name
IVIE, Delbert Paul
Date of birth
6 January 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri
Hometown
Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37737709
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Mainz-Kastel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 11 16

Immediate family

Members
Morgan Ivie (father)
Ethel (Parker) Ivie (mother)
Edna M. (Jones) Ivie (wife)

More information

Sgt Delbert P. Ivie was a miner before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 23 March 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Emmanuel Vincent, Joplin Globe 17 April 1945