Earhart, Irvin R. – ww2 Pacific

Name and Rank, Technician Fifth Grade Irvin R. Earhart.

Unit/Placed in, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division ”Red Arrow”.

Irvin was born approx. on 1921 in Pennsylvania.

Father, Irvin Earhart Sr.

Mother, Esther Earhart.

Sister, Janet Earhart.

Brother, Robert Earhart.

Irvin entered the service from Pennsylvania with service number # 33240344.

Irvin R. Earhart was a Tec5/Rifleman in the126th Infantry Regiment .

Irvin was KIA in the fights over the Salacsac Pass, Luzon, on April 9, 1945, and he is honored with an Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Irvin is buried at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Metro Manila,

National Capital Region, Philippines.

Thanks to http://www.32nd-division.org/history/ww2/32ww2-1.html

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

National Historian