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Personal info

Full name
JAPONE, Ivar J
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
Hometown
Sangamon County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36039795
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
Hellsdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 13 16

Immediate family

Members
Charles V. Japone (father)
Helen V. (Wehr) Japone (mother)
Mabel Japone (sister)
Marjorie (Ullrich) Japone (wife)

More information

Pfc Ivar J. Japone attended 2 years of high school and worked as a janitor before he enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 23 June 1941.

His father emigrated from Italy.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.5ad.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - scottdkooiman