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T/4 Joseph A Iler

134th Infantry Regiment - Headquarters Company 1st Battalion

Joseph Augustus Iler, son of William and Alice (Tommony) Iler, was born June 28, 1917 in Bronx, New York. He married Irene Catherine May and the couple had a daughter, Jo Anne. He registered for the draft October 16, 1940 and entered the Army in December 1942. He was in the Communications Platoon, Headquarters Company 1st Battalion, 134th Infantry Regiment and landed at Omaha Beach, Normandy France July 6, 1944. T/4 Joseph A Iler was originally reported missing and later confirmed killed in action August 8, 1944 in the vicinity of Mortain, France. He is buried at Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, New York.