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Personal info

Full name
MILLER, Ira T
Date of birth
16 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Coshocton, Coshocton County, Ohio
Hometown
Franklin, Coshocton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O1285623
Rank
Captain
Function
Company Commander
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
28 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 4 25

Immediate family

Members
Ira O. Miller (father)
Hazel M. (Thompkins) Miller (mother)
Carma Miller (sister)

More information

Capt Ira T. Miller graduated from Coshocton High School and attended the Ohio State University and the Wittenberg College in Springfield for one year.

He enlisted at Fort Hayes, Columbus on 13 November 1941 and attended the Officers Training School at Fort Benning, Georgia after he became an instructor at Camp Forrest in Tennessee.

He was wounded in action two times, the first time on 5 September 1944 and the second time on 21 January 1945 when his unit left Ringel to attack Bourscheid, Luxembourg. He died seven days later.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / Fender Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Silvano Theunissen / Hudson Louie