Case Ira M.

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Ira M. Case is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

740th ''Daredevil'' Tank Battalion Monument

Name:

Ira M. Case

Rank:

Sergeant

Serial Number:

38431663

Unit:

740th Tank Battalion

Date of Death:

1945-02-25

State:

Texas

Cemetery:

Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas, USA

Plot:

Division L

Row:

Lot 76

Grave:

Decoration:

American Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

Ira M. Case was born on August 13, 1923, in Kansas. He was the son of Robert Glenn Case and Eva L. Smith Case. He entered service in 1942. Sgt Case served in the United States Army with the 740th Tank Battalion in World War II. Known as the �Daredevil Tankers�, the 740th was a separate battalion that fought from Utah Beach all the way to the Baltic Sea in support of various divisions of the US war effort.

Sgt Case was Killed in Action on February 25, 1945, in Germany. He is now buried in the Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas, USA.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com