PVT Roy Calvin Ireland

PVT Roy Calvin Ireland was born 15 Aug 1923 in Oak Forest, Pennsylvania the only son of Charles Albert and Sara Jane (Taylor) Ireland. His father supported the family as a road maintenance/construction worker and farm labor. The family's reported 1939 income was $324.

Roy was drafted in February 1943.  After basic training he was sent to England and assigned to E Company 116th Infantry.  He trained with that unit for the amphibious assault on the French beach code-name Omaha and participated in that action on 6 Jun 1944.  PVT Ireland was killed in action on 24 Jun 1944. 

PVT Ireland was repatriated and is buried in Greene County Memorial Park in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.