Hurley Irving Nicholson

Monuments

Neuville-au-Plain 508th PIR Information Board

Neuville-au-Plain 746th Tank Battalion Plaque

Name:

Irving Nicholson Hurley

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-1012759

Unit:

746th Tank Battalion

Date of Death:

1944-06-12

State:

Pennsylvania

Cemetery:

Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA

Plot:

Sunnyside

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Irving Nicholson Hurley was born on August 2, 1919, in Rutledge, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Raymond Hurley. He was a member of the Springfield High School Class of 1937. He joined the army in 1941.

Irving served in the 746th Tank Battalion as a First Lieutenant a First Lieutenant and Platoon leader in Company B, 746th Tank Battalion. 1Lt Hurley led a tank that knocked out the first German tank on D-Day, fought at Neuville-au-Plain, and helped liberate captured 82nd Airborne paratroopers, before succumbing to severe wounds on June 12, 1944. He is now buried in the Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA.

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