John W. Irving

John W. Irving

1st Lieutenant, Army Air Corps
Enlisted July 1942
Died February 4, 1945
Age 23

John (Jack) Irving enlisted in the Army Air Corps in July 1942. He was a navigator in a B-24 Liberator bomber. He was killed in a plane crash in England on February 4, 1945. He was survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. John Irving of Endicott. He graduated from St. Patrick's Academy and worked as a draftsman for IBM prior to going into the military. He was commissioned March 3, 1944. He is buried in Saint Patrick's Cemetery in Johnson City, New York.

Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin February 21, 1945

Gravestone at St. Patricks Cemetery
Johnson City, New York

Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin August 12, 1948

Early military picture.

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