Earl INGRAM
Company L
38th Infantry Regiment
2nd Infantry Division

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE SIR


Earl Ingram and I share a moment together at the Opening Ceremony of the Pilsen Liberation Festival May 1, 2015.
The city of Pilsen, Czech Republic, holds an annual celebration in honor of the American soldiers who fought there as part of Gen. George Patton's Third Army in the closing days of World War II. Earl has been an honored guest for several years.

Earl Ingram waves to the crowd during the Convoy of Liberty at the Pilsen Liberation Festival May 4, 2015.

Earl Ingram, from Pinehurst North Carolina, was born on September 2, 1922 in Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, one of eight children born to the late Jessie and Lena (Johnson) Ingram.
He enlisted as a volunteer in 1940 and spent 22 months in Newfoundland before returning to the US. In December 1942 Earl then went to Officer Candidate School and eventually made a Second Lieutenant. The following year he trained recruits until D-Day came and many platoon leaders in Europe lost their life. After moving from one Replacement Depot to another he finally joined the 2nd Infantry Division in September, 1944 right outside of Brest. He remained with his unit until the end of the war.
A few months after the war he re-enlisted and became a career soldier. Earl Ingram finally retired after 34 years of service in August, 1974.


The Indianhead Division was briefly an integral part of west Bohemia’s largest city.
Earl Ingram (kneeling, first from the right) was with the division in Pilsen.

Earl married Marjorie Churchill who was his wife of 72 years. Marjorie was born on September 4,1922 in New York, New York, NY, died on January 18, 2015 in Pinehurst, Moore, NC, and was buried in Four Oaks, Johnston, NC.