WORLD WAR II
Service Record
Of Men and Women

Pike County Illinois

Contributed to Genealogy Trails by Candace Smith
and special thanks for the "extra" information she found for us to go along with it.

Allen D. Ackles
Address: Griggsville IL
Entered Service: July 1946 Quincy IL - Army Air Corps
Training Stations: San Antonio TX; Geiger Field WA; Hamilton Field CA
Theatre of Operation: Guam
Rank: Private First Class
Is still in Guarm. Son of Mr. and Mrs.. Paul E. Ackles








Melbourn Lee Ackles
Address: Griggsville RR 2
Entered Service: February 15, 1944 - Navy
Training Stations: Great Lakes IL, Gulfport MS; New Orleans LA; USS Florada, Norfolk VA
Overseas: May 10, 1945 Returned: March 28, 1946
Theatre of Operations; Pacific
Decorations: Campaign Bars: American Theatre Medal; Victory Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Medal.
Discharged Great Lakes IL May 23, 1946/Seaman First Class/Served 27 mts.
Present Occupation - Army Air Corps
Went aboard the mine sweeper USS Quail May 10, 1945
Re-enlisted in Army Air Corps in May 1948



Thomas Andrew Ala
Address: 589 Main St. Barry IL
Entered Service: August 16, 1944
Branch: Company B 69th Signal Battalion
Training Stations: Buckley Field CO; San Antonio, Aloe Air Field TX; Camp Maxey TX
Overseas: April 3, 1945 Returned: June 24, 1946
Theatre of Operations: Central Europe; European
Decorations:European-African-Middle Easatern Theatre Medals: w/1 Bronze Star; Good Conduct Medal; Victory Medal of Germany
Discharged: June 29, 1946 Camp Atterbury IN
Technician Fifth Grade - Served 22 months and 14 days
Occupational specialty and teletype operator 237
Parents: Judson and Helen Ala

Isaac Clark Ator
Address: Pleasant Hill IL
Entered Service; April 5, 1945 / 808th Aviation Engineers
Training Stations: Camp Fanning TX; Fort Riley KS; Fort Ord, CA
Overseas October 3, 1945 - Asiatic-Pacific
Decorations: Expert Infantrymans Badge: Sharpshooter Rifle Medal
Return to US Oct. 22, 1946
Discharged: Camp Beale CA Dec. 4, 1946
Rank: Technician Fourth Grade - Served: 20 Months
Present Occupation: Farming
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Ator; Wife, LaVerne Baird Ator; Boy, Johnnie Wayne




Roy Lozell Barker
Address: Pittsfield IL RR 4
Entered Service; October 8, 1940 - Infantry
Training Stations: Ft. Sheridan IL; Camp McCoy WI; Ft. Custer MI
Overseas: September 5, 1941 (European) Returned June 27, 1945
Engagements; Normandy; Northern France; Ardennes; Rhineland; Central Europe
Decorations: Purple Heart w/Oak Leaf Cluster; American
Defense Service Ribbon w/1 Bronze Battle Star; European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon w/1 Silver Star
Discharged: Ft. Sheridan IL July 3, 1945
Rank: Staff Sergeant, Served 4 years 8 mts and 26 days
Present Occupation; Farming
Mother: Mrs. Sophia Barker; Wife, Elizabeth Barker

Evart Frederick Berry
Address: Pittsfield IL
Entered Service: October 7, 1943
Branch of Service: Navy
Training Stations: GFarragut ID; Alameda CA; San Diego CA; USS Klondike
Decorations: American Theatre Medal; Fictory Medal
Discharged Los Angeles CA May 1, 1946
Lieutenant - Served 31 months
Present Occupaton: Dentistry
Parents: Dr. and Mrs. E.B. Berry: Wife, Wynne Berry; Daughter, Ann Kristin Berry
Served in Dental Corps




Ray Black
Entered Service: March 20, 1942 - Navy
Training Station: Purdue Univ. Lafayette IN
Theatre of Operations: South Pacific
Decoration: Good Conduct Medal
Discharged: Camp Shelton, Virginia Sept. 26, 1945
Rating: Aviation Chief Electrician's Mate (T)
Served: 48 months
Deceased
Father: Everett Black; Mother Mrs. Flora Trower; dau. Cheryl Raye Black
Obituary  Headstone




William Leroy Blacketter
Address Barry IL
Entered Service: November 5, 1942
Branch of Service: Ground Force in Armored Division
Training Station: Camp Roberts CA / May 14, 1943 Europe
Engagements: Cassino; Po Valley; Naples; Northern Apenlnes
Decorations: Distinguished Unit Badge; Two Medals on Rifle Range; Croix deGuerre avic etoile de Vermeil
Returned to US July 10, 1945
Discharged Camp Grant IL Oct. 2, 1945 / Sergeant served 35 months
Present Occupation; Warehouse Clerk, R.E.A. Camp Point IL
Parents Wm. and Harriett Blacketter Wife: Mary Mosephine; Daughter Karen Kay



Harold William Bloss
Address New Canton IL
Entered Jun 1941 Infantry
Training at Camp Roberts CA; Camp San Luis Obispo CA; Ft. Lewis WA; Ft. Ord CA
Overseas July 1943 - Western
Engagements: Attu; Kiska, Aleutians; Kwajalein, Marshalls; Leyte Philippines
Decorations: National Defense Medal; Combat Infantrymans Badge;
Rank Sergeant served 43 months.
Killed Action on Pora Island, Cebu, Philippines Island Jan. 24, 1945
Parents Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Bloss




Herbert A. Bonifield Jr.
Address: 2164 South 17th Street Milwaukee WI
Entered Service: Feb. 13, 1943 - Paratroops
Training: Scott Field IL; Camp Toccoa GA; Camp Mackall NC; Ft. Benning GA; Camp Polk, LA; Camp Stoneman CA
Overseas: May 5, 1944 (South Pacific ) Returned Nov. 5, 1945
Engagements; New Guinea; Southern Philippines; Luzon
Decorations: Bronze Arrowhead for Philippine Liberation
Discharged; Camp McCoy WI Nov. 28, 1945 - Staff Sgt. Served 33 months
Occupation: Railroad Fireman
Wife Jeanette; sons, James and Allen; parents Lora E. and Herbert A. Bonfield, father deceased.
First Troops to land in Japan. 15 jumps to credit


Wayne Garland Bonifield
Address: 4134 N. Kenmore Ave Chicago IL
Entered Service; Dec. 2, 1942
Branch of Service: 33rd Div. 122nd Field Artillery Bat.
Training Stations: Fort Lewis WA; Mojave Desert CA; Kauai Hawaii
Overseas: July 7, 1943 returned Dec. 19, 1945/Southwest Pacific
Engagements; New Guinea; Philippines/Decorations: Citation
Discharged: Camp Grant IL Dec. 31, 1945
Rank: Staff Sgt. Served 37 months
Present Occupation; Engineering Student
Japenese Occupation Duty to Dec. 7, 1945
Parents: Lora E. and Herbert A. Bonifield father deceased
Obituary

Ira J. Butler
Born Feb. 6, 1915 Pleasant Hill IL
Entered June 7, 1942 Army Training at Scott Field IL; Camp Rucker AL; Nashville TN; Arizona; Ft. Benning GA
Servied with 81st Division -
Overseas March 1944 Italy
Pvt. First Class
Son fo Mr.s Dora Butler; Sister Mrs. George Duke
Was reported dead over Southern France AUgust 15, 1944