Hubert "Hugh" Loucurtiss Ivie

MSgt Hubert (Hugh) L. Ivie, USMC (RET) age 88 a resident of Oakdale, Minnesota since 1996, passed away on 10 Mar 2021 at Regions Hospital St. Paul, MN. Hugh was a continuous member of the MCCA since 1991. Hugh was born on October 10, 1932 in Jones, Oklahoma to Robert and Ray Delma Ivie. He spent his early years in North Texas as a share cropper's son. He received most of his schooling in Texas. He was attending Austin High School in El Paso, Texas when the Korean War broke out in June 1950. Just as soon as he turned 18 in October, Hugh joined the Marine Corps on 5 December 1950 taking his recruit training at MCRD, San Diego. Upon completion of his basic training, he was sent to advanced infantry training at Tent Camp 2, Camp Horno, Camp Pendleton, CA. His replacement draft (9th) was sent to Korea in May 1951 where, upon arrival, he was assigned to Fox Company 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment as an assistant BARMAN. After his participation in the battle for Hill 812 in the "Punchbowl" area in September 1951, Hugh was wounded in action, and decorated with a Bronze Star W/V for heroic achievement. These awards were instrumental in his assignment as the Company Radioman, which was meant to keep him out of the forward trenches. After a year in Korea, Hugh was assigned to the 3rd Shore Party BN, 3rd Marine Div at Camp Del Mar, Calif as a voice radio operator. Upon his re-enlistment in 1953 Hugh elected to go to school to become a Radio Telegraph Operator which was given at the Communications Electronics School BN, MCRD San Diego, Calif. After finishing school, Hugh was assigned to the 2nd MAW at Cherry Point, NC as a Morse Code Radio Operator; from there he went to the Basic Electronics Course, at Great Lakes, Ill; then to the 11th Marines (Artillery) 4th Marine Regt in Hawaii; then to the 3rd Amtrac BN, Camp Del Mar, Calif as Radio Chief and in 1958 he became the Radio Chief of the Comm Support Co. of the 7th Comm Bn at Camp Horno, Camp Pendleton, Calif. He entered the cryptology field in December 1958 with an assignment to the Army Security Agency Traffic Analysis School, Ft. Devens, Mass. Upon completion of this school and receiving his final Top Secret Clearance he was assigned to Sub-Unit 4, Sidi Yahia, Morrocco under Capt J.G. Black. A year later in the fall of 1961 he was sent to an Army Elint School in Herzogranuach, Germany. Upon completion of this course he was assigned Platoon Sgt of the ELINT section of the 1st Radio Co in Kaneohe, Hawaii. Hugh met his wife (Beverly Haack) in Hawaii, marrying her in Kailua, Hawaii. After going TAD numerous times over the next two years including (Japan, Korea and Vietnam) he was transferred to Fort Meade, MD for duty with the National Security Agency. Hugh spend 3 ½ years with agency where upon completion of this assignment he was transferred to Co. "E" Kamiseya, Japan. Hugh retired from the Marine Corps in 1970 at MCRD San Diego on the same parade field "Grinder" he had marched on as a recruit some 20 years before. After his retirement, Hugh attended the University of North Dakota receiving his Masters of Science degree in Education Administration. Upon graduation, Hugh obtained the positon of Director of Environmental Health and Safety at the University of North Dakota and finishing his 2nd career in this field at the University of Central Florida, Orlando. Upon retiring for a second and final time, Hugh and his family moved to Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota area where he was residing at the time of his death. MSgt Ivie's decorations include: the Korean and Vietnam service and battle ribbons. His personal decorations are: the Bronze Star W/Combat V; the Purple Heart; the Combat Action Ribbon and a Joint Service Medal from NSA. He is survived by his beloved wife, Beverly; son, Michael (Corrine) Ivie; daughter, Michelle (Doug) Neville; 3 grandchildren, Zachariah and Courtney Neville and Jessica Ivie. Hugh is preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Ray Delma Ivie; two sisters, Ruby Ray Nelson and Mallie, and brother, Charles Ivie. Family services will be held at Holcomb-Henry-Boom-Purcell Funeral Home, 536 N. Snelling Ave., St. Paul. Interment with military honors will be held at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery.

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Hubert "Hugh" Loucurtiss Ivie

October 10, 1932 - March 10, 2021

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Hubert "Hugh" Loucurtiss Ivie

October 10, 1932 - March 10, 2021

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