World War II Honoree

Ira Willis Ellsworth

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Camp Forrest, Tennessee

Honored By

Mary Lee England

Relationship

Daughter

TROOP A, 7TH CAVALRY. MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY RIFLEMAN 745. MILITARY QUALIFICATION COMBAT INFANTRYMAN. BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS IN BISMARCK-ARCHIPELAGO (GO 33 WD 45), NEW GUINEA (GO 58 WD 45) AND SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES, LUZON (GO 67 WD 45). DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS INCLUDE THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC SERVICE RIBBON WITH FOUR BRONZE STARS AND ONE BRONZE ARROWHEAD, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON AND TWO BRONZE STARS (GO 23 HEADQUARTERS U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES IN THE FAR EAST 1945).