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Personal info

Full name
FARNER, Ivan P
Date of birth
29 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Vermillion County, Indiana
Hometown
Fountain County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35828528
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 December 1944
Place of death
Vicinity of Gey-Strass, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 18 17

Immediate family

Members
John E. Farner (father)
Mary M. (Williams) Farner (mother)
Guy V. Farner (brother)
Leulia M. Farner (sister)
Alfred Farner (brother)
Vera Farner (sister)
Carleton Farner (brother)
Edward Farner (brother)
Dorothy L. Farner (wife)

More information

Ivan enlisted on 30 March 1944 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.5ad.org, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / 1930 Census / United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Steve Krueger