PFC, George G Birmingham 1923 - 1945

BIRMINGHAM

Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 1/29/2017 at 15:26:52

Sioux City Journal
23 December 1948

Private funeral services for PFC, George G Birmingham, son of Edward H. Birmingham, 2823 Pierce Street, Iowa collector of internal revenue, who was killed March 5, 1945 on Ima Jima, were held Wednesday afternoon at Larkin’s funeral home. Rev. Newman Flanagan of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church officiates. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery.

Pallbearers were John Joynt, Charles Diehl, William Clemens, James Enright, Michael Noonan, Donald O’Brien, Patrick Callahan, Joseph Gillham and Donald Murphy.

Military rites at the cemetery were conducted by members of the Marine Corps.

The body arrived here Wednesday.

PFC Birmingham was born October 6, 1923 in Sioux City. He was graduated from Trinity High school in 1942 and attended the University of Notre Dame two years before enlisting in the Marines. His mother died here September 23, 1948.

Survivors besides his father are four brothers, William, Melvin, Edward and John all of Sioux City and three sisters, Miss Mildred Birmingham and Mrs. Loretta Dickinson, both of Sioux City and Mrs. Frances Casey of Marion, Iowa.