| NAME: Fred Walter Irwin |
NICKNAME: — |
SERVICE NUMBER: 281445 |
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| HOME OF RECORD: San Diego, CA (originally Denison, TX) |
NEXT OF KIN: Wife, Mrs. Betty Jo Irwin |
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| DATE OF BIRTH: 4/15/1919 |
SERVICE DATES: 1/23/1936 – date unknown (National Guard) 1/24/1940 – 1/1/1960 (USMC) |
DATE OF DEATH: 9/29/2003 |
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| CAMPAIGN | UNIT | MOS | RATE | RESULT | |||
| Coral Sea | Marine Detachment, USS Yorktown |
055 | Corporal | ||||
| Midway | Marine Detachment, USS Yorktown |
055 | Corporal | ||||
| Roi-Namur | M/3/24 | 501 | Technical Sergeant | ||||
| Saipan | H&S/24 | 501 | Technical Sergeant | WIA | |||
| Tinian | HQ/3/24 | 501 | Technical Sergeant | ||||
| Iwo Jima | HQ/1/24 | 501 | Technical Sergeant | ||||
| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS: Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK: First Sergeant (WWII) Sergeant Major (Retirement) |
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Biography coming soon.
Thanks, guys, for doing this. Fred W Irwin was my dad.