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 on some of the soldiers


George Robert Walton
Address: Rock Port IL
Entered Oct. 6, 1943 Navy
Training at Farragut ID; Great Lakes IL; Corpus Christi TX: camp Pendleton CA; USS HIGHLANDS; USS STORM KING: USS CuSTER; USS Pondera
Overseas Nov. 23, 1944 - Returned Dec. 20, 1945
Operations Asiatic-Pacific
Engagement; Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima
Decorations: American Area Ribbon; Asiatic Pacific Area Ribbon w/1 Star; Presidential Unit Citation w/1 Star; WW II Victory RIbbon; Japanese Occupation Ribbon
Discharged at Great Lakes IL May 5, 1946
Rating: Pharmacist Mate Third Class
Served 31 mts; Occupation Farming
Parents Wm. and Forence Walton


Linden G. Wasson
Address: Kinderhook IL
Entered Aug. 1, 1940 Air Force
Training Chanute Field IL; Edgewood Arsenal MD; Palm Springs CA; Patterson NJ
Discharged Palm Springs CA Aug. 5, 1945
Tech. Sergeant served 60 months
Occupation: A & E Mechanic
Father Joe N. Wasson; wife Virginia BOrrowman; daughter Patricia Lynne





Victor Rush Weaver
The 31st Pike county boy reported killed in action. Message received from Adjutant General J.A. Ulio
The Secretary of War wishes me to express his deep regret that your son, Staff Sergeant Victor R. Weaver was Killed in Action on the 7th of September in France.
Son ofMr. and Mrs. O.M. weaver; three sisters, Mrs. Mardelle Hart, Mrs. Kathleen Lovell, Betty Lou Lovell
Entered service April 10, 1941
Training at Ft. Dix NJ; Ft. Custer MI
Landed in Iceland April 18, 1942, remaining in Iceland 17 - 18 months and then shipped to England. Then he was sent to Northern Ireland. He was an Infantrymen with Patton's Third Army.
Victor was a member of Detroit Christian Church



Robert G. Weir
Address: Hull IL
Entered Sept. 8, 1943 Navy Air Corps
Discharged Pensacola FL Nov. 8, 1946
Rating: Ensign served 38 mts.
Occupation: Student
Parents Mr. and Mrs. George Weir







William Wood Welbourne
Address: Barry IL
Entered June 1943 Cincinnati OH - Navy
Training at Brunswick ME; MA; New London CT; Casco Bay ME
Discharged April 1946 Rating Lieutenant
Son of William S. and Mary A. Welborune
Obituary








Charles Henry Wendorff
Address Barry IL
Entered Oct. 21, 1942 Air Corp Infantry
Training at Bangor ME; Dow Field GA; Chatham Field GA; Camp Bowie TX; Fort Meade MD
Overseas May 16, 1945
Pacific; Southern Phillippines;
Returned January 13, 1946
Decorations: Good Conduct Medal; Two Bronze Start; Asiatic=Pacific Theatre; Philippines Liberation Ribbon; Victory Ribbon
Discharged Jefferson Barracks MO Jan. 20, 1946
Rank: Tech. 3rd Grade served 40 months
Occupation - Serg. Army in Korea
Wife Velma - son, Charles H; parents Wm. H. and Norma Early Wendorff



Thomas Wendorff
Address Barry IL
entered March 3, 1943 - Navy
Training at Murray KY; Iowa CIty IA; Minneapolis MN; Corpus Christi TX; Miami FL; Oxnard CA
Operations - American
Discharged Great Lakes Rating: Ensign







John H. Wernowsky
Address: New Canton IL
Entered Feb. 24, 1927 Infantry
Training: Ft. Riley KS Overseas Oct. 20, 1944
Operations: France; Belgium; Holland; Germany
Decorations: Good Conduct Medal; Bronze Star Medal
Returned to US Nov. 22, 1945
Discharged Scott Field IL June 30, 1947
Rank: First Sergeant Served 20 Yrs. Now retired
Occupation Now : Factory Worker
Parents Charles and Emma Wernowsky



Ray Wernowsky
Address: New Canton IL
Service Nov. 1939 Infantry
Training: Jefferson Barracks MO
Overseas: Aleutians; France; Holland; Germany
Decoration: Good Conduct Medal
Discharged: Camp Truscott, Austria, Sept. 24, 1948
Sergeant - Present Occupation: Army
Parents, Charles and Emma Wernowsky; wife, Helen






Roy Wernowsky
Address: New Canton IL
Entered Nov. 1936 - Air Corps
Training at Hawaiian Islands for three years
Overseas: Nov. 1940 returned Dec. 1944
Operations: Central Pacific; Normandy/ Northern France; Rhineland; Air Offense Europe
Decorations: Gold COnduct Ribbon; Ameerican Defense w/1 Bronze Battle Star in lieu of Clasp; European-Middle East ribbon w/4 Bronze Battle
Discharged Jefferson Barracks MO July 1944
Rank - served 9 years and 8 months
Occupation Baker
Parents Charles and Emma Wernowsky; wife Imogene, child Charles Leroy


Theodore Wernowsky
Address: New Canton IL
Service Sept. 5, 1939 Infantry Airborne
Training Stations: Fort Custer, Michigan, Camp Mackall, North Carolina, Fort Bragg, NC
Overseas May 17, 1944 Returned Nov. 1, 1945
Operations: South Pacific Three major Engagements
Decorations: Good Conduct Medal
Discharged: Ft. Sheridan IL Nov. 11, 1945 Staff Sergeant
Served Six Years, 2 months and 28 days
Present Occupation: Factory Worker
Parents: Charles and Emma Wernowsky, deceased; sister Mrs. Charles Godfrey



Dale Richard White
Address: Chambersburg IL
Entered Nov. 1, 1944 Infantry
Training at Ft. McClellan AL
Overseas April 28, 1945 - Returned 30 Sep 1946
Operations - Pacific 37the Division in Luzon
Dcorations: Philippine Independence Ribbon; Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Ribbon w/ Bronze Star; Victory Medal; Gold Conduct Medal; Combat Infantryman's Badge
Discharged Ft. Sheridan IL Nov. 26, 1946
Rank Pvt. First Class served 25 months
Occupation: Farming
Parents Russel and Mary Bradbury White; wife Elizabeth



Edwin Lee White
Entered Feb. 2, 1942 CLR Company 108th Medical Battalion 33rd Div.
Training: Camp Robinson AR; Camp Forrest TN; O'Reilly General Hsp. MO; Ft. Lewis WA; Hawaiian Island; Mojave Desert CA
Overseas: July 8, 1943 - returned March 16, 1945
Operations - Pacific
Engagements; British New Guinea; Dutch New Buinea; Luzon, Philippines Islands; Japan;
Decorations: Service Plaque; Conduct Medal; Two Bronze Stars.
Discharged; Jefferson Barracks MO March 25, 1945
Pvt. First Class served 3 years 9 mts and 24 days
Occupation: Pipe Company, Highway Dept.



James Eugene White
Address: Pleasant Hill IL
Entered June 1942 Air Corps
Training: Jefferson Barracks MO
OVerseas Jul 20, 1942 Pacific
Engagements Australia; Leyte; Luzon
Decorations: Two Battle Stars; Philippine Liberation Ribbon
Returned to US Oct. 17, 1945
Discharged Camp Grant IL Oct. 26, 1945
Sergeant served 41 months
Occupation: Construction
Parents James H. and Jessie P. White



Lawrence Russell White
Address: Pleasant Hill IL
Entered Oct. 13, 1942 Co F. 130th Inf. 33rd Div.
Training at Ft. Lewis WA; Mojave Desert CA; Hawaiian Islands
Overseas June 1943 - Pacific
Engagements; British New Guinea; Dutch New Guinea; Luzon Philippine Islands
Decorations; Purple Heart; Two Bronze Stars; Good Conduct Medal
Sergeant Returned to states for final burial Aug. 26, 1948
Parents Frank H. and Jessie P. White




Paul Franklin White
Entered Jan. 20, 1944 Navy
Training: Farragut, ID; Richmond VA; Gulfport MS; Norfolk VA; Camp Bradford VA; USS LST 821; USS LST #683
Overseas: Norember 1944 Returned March 20, 1945
Theatre of Occupations: American; Asiatic - Pacific
Engagement: Okinawa
Discharged Great Lakes IL May 4, 1946
Rating: Motor Machinists Mate Third Class
Served 27 months and 14 days
Hauled equipment supplies for occupation forces
Occupation: Sawmill and timiber work
Son of Charles and Frances White



Martha B Wilkins
Address: RR 2 Tempe Az. Box 392
Entered May 15, 1945 ARmy Nurse Corps
Training: Billings General Hsp. Ft. enjamin Harris IN; Wakeman Gen. Hsp, Camp. Atterbury IN
Discharged: Ft. Sheridan IL Aug. 16, 1946
Rank: Second Lieutenant served 15 months
Occupation: Housewife







Frances Ann Williamson
No Photo Availaable
Kinderhook IL
Entered August 8, 1945 - Naval Reserve
Training at Bronx NY; Bethesda MD; Memphis TN
Decorations: American Theatre Medal; Victory Medal
Discharged Memphis TN Aug. 27, 1945
Pharmacist Mate Third Class served 13 mts.
Occupation: Housewife
d/o Mr. and Mr.s O.H. Reinhardt; Husband M.E. Williamson - daughter Anna Corinne


Maurice E. Williamson
No Photo Available
Kinderhook IL
Entered May 5, 1945 Naval Reserve
Training: San Diego CA; Memphis TN
Decorations: American Theatre Medal; Victory Medal
Discharged Memphis TN Dec. 5, 1946
Pharmacist Mate Third Class - served 19 mts.
Occupation Farming
s/o Mr. and Mrs. B.E. Williamson. Wife Frances Ann. daughter Anna Corinne


Robert A. Wilson
No Photo Available
Address; 435 Electra, Longview TX
Entered Feb. 21, 1943 Army Air Force
Training; Jefferson Barracks MO; San Antonio TX; Curtis Field TX; Frederick OK; Malden MO; George Field IL
Overseas: Sept. 25, 1945
Operations: China-Burma-India; Shanghai, China
Returned to US May 7, 1946
Discharged Jefferson Barracks MO May 31, 1946
First Lt. served 39 months
Occupation; High School Basketball Coach
wife Faye; son Robert Kim; Mother, Naomi step-father Charles Troutner


Russell Elmo Wirth
Addres: Barry IL
Entered Sept. 13, 1940 Army
Training at Ft. McClellan AL
Overseas March 26, 1944 from Shreveport LA
Operations: England
Engagements: Normandy; Belgium Bulge; Brest; Central Europe; Rhineland
Discharged at Camp Grant IL Oct. 5, 1945
Sergeant son of John H. and Lelia Hastings Wirth





Everett J. Witty
No Photo Available
Entered July 3, 1944 Army 315th Infantry
Pvt. First Class #36430579
Killed Nov. 13, 1944, near St. Pole, France at the age of 23years. Buried in US Military Cemetery Epinal France
Son of Mrs. Ray Witty, Pleasant Hill IL
315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division (known as the Cross of Loraine Div ) Buried at: Plot B Row 7 Grave 19 Epinal American Cemetery, France Awards: Purple Heart


Russell Yelton
Address: Barry IL
Entered Nov.6, 1942 Army
Training: Ft. Warren WY: Lincoln Ordance Automotive School, Grand Junction CO; Camp Young CA
Overseas: Nov. 6, 1943 Southwest Pacific
Engagements: Australia; New Guinea; Philippines
Returned to US Jan. 4, 1946
Discharged; Jefferson Barracks MO Jan. 12, 1946
Sergeant served 38 months
Occupation: Bookkeeper
Parents Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Yelton; Wife Mary Catherine , daughter Carol Sue


Carl Wesley Young
No Photo Available
Address: 125 1/2 N. 9th St. Quincy IL
Entered Oct. 11, 9144 Naval Reserve
Training at Great Lakes IL; Ft. Pierce FL; USS SARATOGA; Maui, Hawaii Islands; USS GEORGE INGRAM; USS WALTER B. COBB; USS TETON
Overseas May 26, 1945 Pacific
Decorations: WW II Victory Medal; American Area Ribbon; Pacific Ribbon
Returned to US July 7, 1946
Discharged Great Lakes IL July 16, 1946
Motor Machinists Mate Third Class served 22 mts.
Occupation: Mechanic Wife Frances; Daughter, Carol Ann; Parents Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Young


Melvin Lyle Young
No Photo Available
Address Barry IL
ENtered July 3, 1940 at St. Louis MO Army Air Corps
Training: Jefferson Barracks St. Louis MO; Scott Field IL; Chanute Field IL; Keesler Field MS; Barksdale Field LA; Ft. Meyer FL; Drake Field FL; Macdill Field FL; Nashville TN; San Antonio TX: Sparta Aircraft Co. Muskegee OK; Hat Box Field OK; Independence KS; Wendover Field UT; March Field CA; McCLellan Field CA
Assigned to March Field at time of death; Sept. 10, 1944
Sergeant served 51 months
Parents: Frank L. and Frances L. Young



Vincent M. Zimmerman
No Photo Available
Address: Pittsfield IL
Entered Dec. 9, 1942 Air Corps
Training at Fresno CA; Spearfish SD; Santa Ana CA; Santa Maria CA; Chico CA; Phoenix AZ; Tucson AZ; Roswell NM
Discharged Ft. Sheridan IL Oct. 30, 1945
Second Lt.
Occupation: Salesman, Zimmerman Brothers Pittsfield IL
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Guy F. Zimmerman; Wife Marjorie; son, Randy