Ira L. Brookins

Ira L. Brookins

NAME: Ira L. Brookins

ASN: 34084260

PLACE OF BIRTH: AL

DATE OF BIRTH: 1919?

DATES OF SERVICE: 27 Jun 1941 - 08 Nov 1942

UNIT ASSIGNED: B CO 504th PB

E CO 2nd BN 503th PIR

E CO 2nd BN 509th PIR

CAMPAIGNS: Algeria-French Morocco

AWARDS: Combat Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge with one combat jump star , Purple Heart Medal, EAME Campaign Medal with arrowhead device,

SUMMARY OF SERVICE:

27 Jun 1941 - Enlisted at Fort McPhearson, GA - NARA Enlistment Record

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER	34084260	34084260
NAME	BROOKINS#IRA#L##########	BROOKINS#IRA#L##########
RESIDENCE: STATE	#3	Undefined Code
RESIDENCE: COUNTY	215	Undefined Code
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT	4344	FT MCPHERSON ATLANTA GEORGIA
DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY	27	27
DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH	06	06
DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR	41	41
GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION	7###	Undefined Code
GRADE: CODE	8	Private
BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION	BI#	Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
BRANCH: CODE	00	Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
FIELD USE AS DESIRED	#	#
TERM OF ENLISTMENT	0	Undefined Code
LONGEVITY	###	###
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL	0	Civil Life
NATIVITY	41	ALABAMA
YEAR OF BIRTH	19	19
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP	1	White, citizen
EDUCATION	1	1 year of high school
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION	819	Unskilled occupations in manufacture of textiles, n.e.c.
MARITAL STATUS	6	Single, without dependents
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY	7	Selectees (Enlisted Men)
CARD NUMBER	#	#
BOX NUMBER	0750	0750
FILM REEL NUMBER	1.267	1.267

00 Feb 1942 - Pvt. Ira L. Brookins, 34084260, B Co. 504th PB, Columbus, GA

08 Nov 1942 - Pvt. Ira L. Brookins, 34084260, E Co 2nd Bn 509th PIR, Columbus, GA, Operation VILLAN (TORCH) Plane 1Seat 9 Combat Weight 255 lbs

08 Nov 1942 - Pvt. Ira L. Brookins, 34084260, E Co 2nd Bn 503rd PIR, Columbus, GA, Died 8-Nov-42, Buried Plot F Row 18 Grave 12 North Africa Am Cem, Carthage, Tunisia, Award Purple Heart

10 Dec 1942 - Pvt.IraL.Brookins 2nd Bn, 503rd PIR [2nd Bn, 509th PIR] GO # 20, page 3, paragraph 22. Under the provisions of Army Regulations 600-45, as amended, a Purple Heart (No. 84656) is posthumously awarded to the following named Enlisted Man: IRA L. BROOKINS, Private, 503rd Parachute Infantry, United States Army; for wounds received in action against an armed enemy, during the combined operations of the Center Task Force in Northern Africa, 8 November 1942. By order of Major YARDLEY: [Signed] ALAIN JOSEPH 2nd. Lt., Infantry Ass't. AdjutantAlgeria-French MoroccoPurple Heart Medal

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