Ira Vernon BALL ^{2 3}

  General Notes:

WWII DRAFT CARDS YOUNG MEN, 1940-1947:
Name: Ira Vernon Ball
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 32
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 15 May 1908
Birth Place: Coulsin(?), Kansas, USA
Residence Place:Gordon, Sheridan, Nebraska, USA
Employer: Unemployed
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Gordon, Sheridan, Nebraska, USA
Employer: Unemployed
Complexion: Ruddy
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Next of Kin: Mrs. Edith Mae Ball (mother)

U.S. WWII ARMY ENLISTMENT RECORDS, 1938-1946: Name: Ira V Ball
Birth Year: 1908
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Kansas
State: Nebraska
County or City: Dakota
Enlistment Date: 13 Mar 1942
Enlistment State: California
Enlistment City: Presidio of Monterey
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 68
Weight: 141

WA, MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1854-2013:
Name: Ira V Ball
Gender:Male
Application Age: 35
Birth Date: abt 1908
Birth Place: KS
Father: Irvin Ball
Mother: Edith Kinnimon
Residence: Portland, OR
Occupation: Shipyards
Prior Marriages: None
Application Date: 17 Jul 1943
Application Place: Clark, Washington, USA
Spouse: Neva M Mace
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Application Age: 47
Spouse's Birth Date: abt 1896
Spouse's Birth Place: MO
Spouse's Residence: Portland, OR
Spouse's Prior Marriages: 1 (divorced)
Spouse's Father: George Bickell
Spouse's Mother: Etta Morrill

1950 OR CENSUS, Lane Co, Thurston Precinct:
Ira V. Ball, 41, b. NE, farm hand, farming;
Neva, wife, 53, b. MO;
"Jerrold" L., son, 30, married, b.NE, truck driver, freight line;
Violet, dau-in-law, 31, married, b. SD;
John Thornburg, grandson, 11, b. OR;
Jerry Ball, grandson, 2, b. OR.
(Note: It is likely that "Jerrold (Gerald) is Ira's brother instead of son.)

SSDI: Ira Ball; b. May 15, 1908; d. July 1964; issued ID; last residence: WA.

U.S. VETERANS GRAVESITES, ca. 1775-2006:
Name: Ira V Ball
Service Info.: PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 15 May 1908
Death Date: 28 Jul 1964
Service Start Date: 11 Mar 1942
Interment Date: 31 Jul 1964
Cemetery: Willamette National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 11800 SE MT. Scott Boulevard Portland, OR 97266
Buried At: Section F Site 4621

Ira married Neva Mae BICKELL on 17 Jul 1943 in Clark Co, WA.¹ (Neva Mae BICKELL was born on 29 Aug 1895 in Adrian, Bates Co, MO,^{1 6} died on 6 Nov 1990 in Eugene, Lane Co, OR ⁶ and was buried in Rest-Haven Memorial Park, Eugene, Lane Co, OR ⁶.)