[courtesy of Loree & Billy Beacham]
Memorial marker for James R.. Ivey in Salem Baptist
Church Cemetery, Browns Crossing (Baldwin county), Georgia.
James was, however, buried
in Dublin Memorial Gardens, Dublin (Laurens) county, Georgia.
James registered for the
draft in Perry, GA on 25 January 1947. Following graduation from
Mercer University, Macon, GA in 1949, he accepted a commission in the
Army and volunteered for parachutist duty.
2nd Lt Ivey was assigned
to Company M, 508th ARCT and participated in the Operation Gyroscope deployment
to Camp Chickamauga, Japan.
 On
2 January 1954, 2nd Lt Ivey arrived in Seattle., WA from Yokohama,
Japan aboard USAT General Mason M Patrick [T-AP-150]. He was
berthed in a First Class cabin and it is presumed that this was officer
country, i.e., all other men shown here were officers, but not
necessarily from the 508th.
 Following
his return, James was elevated to the grade of 1st Lt. on 18 January
1954.
However, he was discharged just two days later. |
