Francis Irwin

Private First Class Francis Irwin grave marker photo

World War II
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Fallen

County:
McLean

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Private First Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company H

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
35th Infantry Regiment

Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
Asiatic Pacific Theater

Medals and Honors:

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands

Biography:

Francis Irwin was born in Elbowoods, McLean County, North Dakota on September 9, 1917, to Joseph "Joe" Irwin Sr. and Laura C "Two Crows or Wi-a-i-ho-ta-ki" Irwin. He entered the United States Army at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on January 1, 1943. Private First Class Irwin served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater and was killed in action on May 13, 1945, in Luzon, Philippines. He is buried in Row 7, Grave 158, Lucky Mound Memorial Congregation Church Cemetery, Parshall Elbowoods, North Dakota. 

Francis was married to Flora BlackTail Wells. They had one daughter, Carol A. Welch.

Source: Ancestry/Find a Grave