Ira L. Walla

Private First Class Ira Lauson Walla grave marker photo

World War II
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Fallen

County:
Cass

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Private First Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Medical Department

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

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Okinawa

Biography:

Ira Lauson Walla was born in Arnegard, McKenzie County, North Dakota on April 15, 1924, to Ira L and Anna M Walla. He became a resident of Cass County, North Dakota and entered the United States Army in Fargo, North Dakota on April 6, 1943. Private First Class Walla served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater and was killed in action on April 28, 1945, in Okinawa, Japan and he received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. He is buried in Block 3, Section C, Grave 7893, Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. 

Source: Ancestry/Find a Grave