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PFC Ivan Oscar Chambers

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PFC Ivan Oscar Chambers

Birth
Siskiyou County, California, USA
Death
19 Feb 1945 (aged 21)
Iwo Jima, Ogasawara-shichō, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Burial
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA Add to Map
Plot
C 964
Memorial ID
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Private First Class, CoB, 1st Battalion, 27th Marines, 5th Marine Division
Killed in Action on the first day of the invasion of Iwo Jima, February 19, 1945
Service # 910685

Ivan was originally buried at the Iwo Jima 5th Marine Division Cemetery, Kazan Retto. He was later interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific on 11 Feb 1949.

Posthumous award of the Purple Heart Medal
Private First Class, CoB, 1st Battalion, 27th Marines, 5th Marine Division
Killed in Action on the first day of the invasion of Iwo Jima, February 19, 1945
Service # 910685

Ivan was originally buried at the Iwo Jima 5th Marine Division Cemetery, Kazan Retto. He was later interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific on 11 Feb 1949.

Posthumous award of the Purple Heart Medal

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Oregon.



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  • Created by: Jeff Hall
  • Added: Aug 31, 2013
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116325469/ivan_oscar-chambers: accessed ), memorial page for PFC Ivan Oscar Chambers (25 Apr 1923–19 Feb 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 116325469, citing National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA; Maintained by Jeff Hall (contributor 47296194).