Rank and Name, Corporal Irving Antman.
Unit/Placed in, 3rd Battalion (M-Comp), 4th Marines.
Irving is born approx. on Aug. 18, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois.
Father, Aaron Antman.
Mother, Betty (Rothbaum) Antman.
Parents born in Austria.
Brother(s), Saul Antman.
Irving enlisted the service in Illinois with service number # 300722.
Irving was KIA fought delaying actions against the advancing Japanese before finally being cornered on Corregidor and forced to capitulate on May 6, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart with Gold Star, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal Marine Corps, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Irving is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Thanks to,
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
