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People Who Served in World War II
Clinton County, Illinois
Partial List, March 2000
Send updates to this unofficial data to Dorothy dorothyf@intertek.net
Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints' Family History Centers' WWII database may be available around 2003/2004
 
Name Serv Post Office  Date left for service Age Occupation Church Comments Source
(1) (2) (3)  (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
ABEL, Anthony A Breese        St. Augustine   Ch
ABERNATHY, Henry E. N Carlyle  23 Apr 1944 29 clerk     C, N
ABERNATHY, Wm. Harold A Centralia  6 Mar 1941 24 molder     N
ADAMS, Orville Franklin A Boulder  21 Apr 1942 30 caterpillar tractor operator     N
ADDISON, Alfred Henry A Breese  25 Feb 1941 24 truck driver St. Augustine Pvt 1C Ch, N
AHLF, Vance, Jr. A Sandoval  6 Nov 1943 22 teacher     N
AKERS, Floyd Earl A Beckemeyer  22 Apr 1942 21 unemployed     N
AKERS, Harold Russel A Beckemeyer  22 Apr 1943 18 shoe factory employee     N
AKERS, Martha W Beckemeyer   --         N
ALBAT, Edward Harold A Beckemeyer  4 Jun 1943 22 laborer     N
ALBERS, Alvin Herman A Germantown  3 Sep 1942 22 retail clerk St. Boniface   Ch, N
ALBERS, August Henry A Germantown  16 Mar 1942 30 rock quarry employee St. Boniface   Ch, N
ALBERS, Norbert Joe AAC Bartelso  10 Nov 1942 24 farmer St. Cecelia   Ch, N
ALBERS, Raymond Henry N Germantown  30 Nov 1943 23 mill employee St. Boniface   Ch, N
ALBERTERNST, Elmer John A Trenton  21 Sep 1941 25 farmer   memorial N, M
ALBERTERNST, Vincent J. A Trenton  24 Apr 1944 24 --     N
ALDRIDGE, Carlyle Permaine A Carlyle  24 Feb 1943 19 laborer     C, N
ALES, Albert Roy A Centralia  20 Jun 1941 28 carpenter     N
ALEXANDER, Byrl Allen A Keyesport  3 Nov 1942 22 trucking     N
ALEXANDER, William A. A Trenton            Ch
ALLEN, Keith Harold N Carlyle  6 Feb 1942 26 linotype operator   enl C, N
ALMASSEY, Robert S. A Breese  22 Sep 1944 18 coal miner St. Dominic memorial, KIA Ch, N, M, R
ALMASSY, Edgar Charles A Breese  19 Feb 1942 23 coal miner St. Dominic   Ch, N
ALMASSY, Joseph Charles N Breese  28 Jan 1944 27 laborer St. Dominic   Ch, N
ALTADONNA, John J. N Carlyle  6 Oct 1943 28 meat cutter     C, N
ALTADONNA, Joseph J. A Sandoval  20 Mar 1944 26 painter     N
ALTEPETER, August Joseph A Breese  16 Sep 1942 25 cable splicer helper St. Dominic   Ch, N
ALTGILBERS, Catherine W Germantown        St. Boniface   Ch
ALTGILBERS, Edwin Henry A Germantown        St. Boniface   Ch
ALTGILBERS, Norbert Frank AAC Aviston   9 Dec 1941 27 unemployed St. Francis enl Ch, N
ALTGILBERS, Roman Jas. N Aviston       St. Francis   Ch
ALWOOD, Wilbert E. AAC Germantown       St. Boniface   Ch
AMOS, Earl Edward N Beckemeyer  19 Jan 1942 22 student   enl N
AMOS, Orlando P. A Beckemeyer  3 Nov 1942 30 coal miner     N
AMOS, Woodrow A Carlyle  9 Dec 1943 25 carpenter     N
ANDERHALTER, Oliver Frank N Trenton  7 Oct 1942 20 student   enl Ch, N
ANDERSON, Don AAC Hoffman        Trinity   Ch
ANSTEDT, Frank A New Baden        St. George   Ch
ANSTEDT, Nestor A New Baden        St. George   Ch
ARENTSEN, Arnold Bernard A Germantown  3 Sep 1942 28 farmer     N
ARNING, Lawrence W. A Centralia  24 Apr 1944 35 police sgt.     N
ARNING, Victor A Centralia  27 Jun 1942 27 repair farm machinery     N
ARNING, Wayne, George A Centralia  10 Nov 1942 26 truck driver     N
ARNOLD, James Eugene A Centralia  22 Apr 1943 19 student     N
ARNOLD, Louis Douglas N Centralia  21 Sep 1942 28 deck hand - river dredging   enl N
ARNOLD, Roscoe William A Carlyle  16 Sep 1942 28 mat boy     C, Ch, N
ATHMER, Joseph B. A Albers  28 Jan 1944 29 milling company employee     N
AYRES, Harold Alvin A Beckemeyer  9 Feb 1943 20 smelter employee     N
AYRES, Orville A. A Beckemeyer  16 Sep 1942 31 smelter worker     N
BACH, Emil Blasé A Bartelso  11 Nov 1942 39 truck driver St. Cecelia   Ch, N
BACH, Paul John A Bartelso  22 Apr 1943 24 stove factory employee St. Cecelia   Ch, N
BACHELOR, Virgil Ross, Jr. A Breese   --         N
BACK, Henry Joseph A Germantown  16 Sep 1943 37 chauffeur     N
BACKER, Edmund A Trenton  30 Jul 1943 34 file clerk     N
BACKMAN, LaVerne Arthur A New Baden  22 Jan 1942 26 baker     N
BACKS, Gerald Vernon A Centralia  24 Feb 1943 19 acetlylene torch op.     N
BACKS, Marvin Kissel A Centralia  10 Nov 1942 20 unemployed     N
BAEHR, Edward F.   New Baden          memorial, Pvt, KIA M, R
BAEHR, Rupert Adolf or BAER A New Baden  18 Mar 1943 19 clerk St. George   Ch, N
BAGGETTE, Wm. R. A New Baden  22 Sep 1944 22 laborer     N
BAILEY, Gale Shurtz A Christopher  28 Jun 1944 23 miner     N
BAIRD, Harold Nelson A New Baden   --         N
BALDRIDGE, Joseph Kendall A Carlyle  30 Nov 1943 33 dairy worker     C, Ch, N
BANGO, Abelino A Beckemeyer  16 Jul 1942 22 smelting laborer St. Anthony   Ch, N
BANGO, Joe A Beckemeyer  2 Mar 1942 27 unemployed     N
BANN, Ralph Charles A New Baden  24 Feb 1943 19 laborer St. George   Ch, N
BANN, Robert Francis A New Baden  19 May 1944 22 chemical engineer     N
BANN, William AAC New Baden        St. George   Ch, N
BARTO, Bee Lane N Breese  12 Nov 1943 34 engineer     N
BASSLER, Henry A Trenton  12 Oct 1942 34 truck driver     N
BATEMAN, Michael Arthur N Carlyle  13 Oct 1942 33 M. D.   enl C, N
BAUMAN, Severin Joseph A Centralia  22 May 1942 30 unemployed     N
BAUMANN, Joseph Nicholas A Centralia   -- 28       N
BEAVERS, Hugh M.   Carlyle          memorial, Pvt, KIA C, Ch, M, Q, R
BECKEMEYER, Calvin Coolidge A Carlyle  9 Nov 1943 18 farming     N
BECKEMEYER, Cletus Louis A Beckemeyer  12 May 1943 18 shoe factory employee St. Anthony   Ch, N
BECKEMEYER, Clifton J. N Beckemeyer  28 Jan 1944 36 W. P. A. supt.     N
BECKEMEYER, Clinton Wm. N Carlyle  30 Jun 1943 21 swing grinder op.     N
BECKEMEYER, Dale Albert A Beckemeyer  5 Jan 1943 25 truck driver     N
BECKEMEYER, Delmont E. N Beckemeyer  19 Sep 1942 24 telephone service man     N
BECKEMEYER, Earl Herman A Beckemeyer  30 Jun 1943 29 smelter laborer St. Anthony   Ch, N
BECKEMEYER, Gilbert Ralph A Beckemeyer  1 Oct 1942 25 grocery store manager St. Anthony   Ch, N
BECKEMEYER, Harold Ed A Beckemeyer  20 Jun 1941 26 smelter worker St. Anthony   Ch, N
BECKEMEYER, Herbert E. N Beckemeyer  17 May 1944 24 foreman     N
BECKEMEYER, Karl A Beckemeyer   --         N
BECKEMEYER, Paul Aloysius A Beckemeyer  23 Jun 1942 28 oil pumper St. Anthony   Ch, N
BECKEMEYER, Warren Carlyle N Beckemeyer  3 Nov 1943 20 motion theatre mgr.     N
BECKER, Arnold A Trenton             
BECKER, Arthur, Dr. A Trenton             
BECKER, Edward A Breese        St. Dominic   Ch
BECKER, Emmett Wendel A Trenton  7 Aug 1941 28 mechanic     N
BECKER, Forrest Charles A Trenton  21 Apr 1942 23 watchmaker     N
BECKER, Joseph Frederick N Breese  15 Oct 1942 24 truck driver St. Dominic enl Ch, N
BECKER, Lawrence Frank N Bartelso  3 Feb 1943 22 sheet metal worker St. Cecelia   Ch, N
BECKER, Leo A Bartelso        St. Cecelia   Ch
BECKER, Melvin George A Trenton  17 Sep 1942 21 shipping clerk     N
BECKER, Paul B. A Bartelso  8 Dec 1944 22 farmer     N
BECKER, Raymond Paul A Beckemeyer  2 Mar 1942 22 smelter employee St. Anthony   Ch, N
BECKER, Victor George A Bartelso  6 Mar 1941 24 farmer St. Cecelia   Ch, N
BECKER, Walter Henry, Dr. A Trenton   --         N
BECKMANN, Alfred B. A Germantown  12 Oct 1942 20 truck driver St. Boniface   Ch, N
BECKMANN, Clarence Fred AC Breese  16 Sep 1943 23 sheet metal worker St. Augustine   Ch, N
BECKMANN, Eugene Alphonse MC Breese  14 Dec 1942 20 laborer   enl N
BECKMANN, Victor Bernard A Breese  22 Apr 1943 18 machine operator St. Dominic   Ch, N
BECKMANN, Vincent William A Germantown  6 Mar 1941 27 unemployed St. Boniface   Ch, N
BECKMANN, William George A Bartelso  3 Nov 1942 22 farm hand St. Cecelia   Ch, N
BEER, Edward George A Bartelso  13 Feb 1942 23 farmer St. Cecelia   Ch, N
BEHRMANN, Urban Albert N Albers  12 Nov 1943 18 battery plant rating St. Bernard   Ch, N
BEINE, Fred J. A New Baden  6 Mar 1941 22 post office clerk St. George   Ch, N
BEINE, Robert William AAC New Athens   --         N
BENDORF, Clifford Alvin A Trenton  19 Feb 1942 28 apprentice frame nailer     N
BENDORF, Richard William A Trenton  30 Jun 1943 34 salesman     Ch, N
BENHOFF, Leonard Ralph A Breese  18 Mar 1943 19 truck driver St. Dominic   Ch, N
BENNETT, Claude Ray "Bud" A Carlyle  16 Jul 1941 25 sawmill laborer   memorial, SSgt, KIA C, N, M, Q, R
BERGER, Bartle Scott A Centralia  19 Feb 1942 27 farmer     N
BERGER, Charles Anderson A Centralia  10 Nov 1942 33 farmer     N
BERGER, John Fremont A Trenton  28 Feb 1941 26 service station attendant   enl N
BERGER, Maurice Wagner N Trenton  13 Oct 1942 21 munitions worker   enl N
BERGMANN, Alphonse Francis A Bartelso  16 Apr 1941 34 farmer St. Cecelia   Ch, N
BERGMANN, Raymond John N Germantown  17 Sep 1943 18 carpenter St. Boniface   Ch, N
BERNDSEN, Paul Bernard A Breese  18 Mar 1943 18 floorman St. Dominic   Ch, N
BERRY, Clyde Marvin A Posey  11 Aug 1941 28 chemist     N
BERRY, Edwin E. A Huey  5 Feb 1942 27 printer     N
BERRY, George Williamson A Carlyle  2 Feb 1942 24 laborer     N
BERRY, Robert P. A Carlyle  24 Apr 1944 34 cattle buyer     C, N
BESANT, Jerome Henry A Centralia  15 Dec 1943 31 service station attendant     N
BIERMAN, Harlan Francis A Centralia  16 Sep 1942 22 mechanic     N
BIERMAN, Omer G. A Centralia  24 Apr 1944 36 bakery machine operator     N
BILLHARTZ, Arthur E. A New Baden  24 Apr 1944 29 tavern operator St. George   Ch, N
BILLHARTZ, Earl C. A New Baden  19 Oct 1944 19 repairman     N
BILLHARTZ, Joseph August N New Baden  16 Sep 1943 33 plumber's helper St. George   Ch, N
BILLHARTZ, Paul W. N New Baden  19 Oct 1944 20 farmer     N
BILLHARTZ, Raymond L. A Breese  20 Jun 1941 23 mechanic St. Dominic   Ch, N
BINGHAM, Julian MC Breese        St. Dominic   Ch
BIPPEN, Herbert Herman N Trenton  27 Jun 1942 27 bulldozer operator     N
BISHOP, John Howard A Centralia   --         N
BLEISCH, Marvin R. A Highland  8 Dec 1944 22 farmer     N
BLEISCH, Virgil Roland N Trenton  14 Nov 1942 19 student   enl N
BLOEMKER, Clyde Henry A Highland  16 Sep 1943 21 student     N
BLOEMKER, Elmer W. A Highland  11 Aug 1944 18 student     N
BLUMENSTEIN, Robert John N Breese  27 Jun 1944 26 sheet metal worker     N
BOATRIGHT, Nyle Vernon A Carlyle  19 Feb 1942 22 mechanic     N
BOATRIGHT, Otis Ellsworth N Carlyle  21 Dec 1941 23 shoe factory employee   enl C, N
BOECKMANN, Alvin A Germantown        St. Boniface   Ch
BOECKMANN, Louis Joseph N Bartelso  2 Sep 1942 20 electric arc welder St. Cecelia enl Ch, N
BOECKMANN, Raymond V. A Germantown  8 Dec 1944 18 machine opr.- shoe factory     N
BOEHNE, Walter A. A Centralia  10 Nov 1944 19 farmer Trinity   Ch, N
BOEVINGLOH, Lawrence Jos. A Germantown  27 Mar 1942 37 W. P. A. St. Boniface   Ch, N
BOEVINGLOH, Leon A. AAC Germantown        St. Boniface   Ch
BOEVINGLOH, Thomas P. A Germantown        St. Boniface   Ch
BOHN, Barney N Breese        St. Augustine   Ch
BOHN, Bernard Frank N Breese   --     St. Dominic   Ch, N
BOHN, Eugene A New Baden  20 Jun 1941 30 W. P. A. laborer     N
BOHN, Herman A Trenton  5 Jan 1943 30 farm laborer     N
BOHN, Thomas A Trenton             
BOHNENKEMPER, Fred Henry N Germantown  12 Nov 1943 18 student St. Boniface   Ch, N
BOLK, Alvin Francis A Breese  13 Oct 1942 22 packing house employee St. Dominic   Ch, N
BOLK, Elmer A Breese  17 Nov 1942 20 laborer St. Dominic   Ch, N
BOLLMEIER, Harold Cora A New Baden  12 Oct 1942 22 farming     N
BOND, Theodore R. A Centralia  29 Nov 1943 34 bartender     N
BONE, Alten William MC Carlyle   --         C, N
BONER, Glenn Eugene A Centralia  14 Dec 1943 26 manager - theatre     N
BONNER, Henry Louis A Centralia  20 Jan 1941 26 unemployed   enl N
BONNER, James W. A Centralia  19 May 1944 23 truck driver     N
BONNER, Thomas Theodore N Centralia  30 Nov 1943 30 meat cutter     N
BONNEY, James Edward A Breese  26 Oct 1942 19 student   enl N
BOOK, Ferdinand A Albers  3 Sep 1942 29 steel worker & farmer St. Bernard   Ch, N
BOOK, Lawrence Benedict A Albers  23 Jun 1942 27 steel laborer St. Bernard   Ch, N
BOOK, Raymond, Geo. A New Baden  3 Jul 1944 25 stocker     N
BOOTHMAN, Jos. Waldo A Boulder   --         N
BORGELT, Robert E. A Hoffman        Trinity   Ch
BORGELT, Theodore C., Jr. A Carlyle  11 Oct 1944 18 farmer     N
BOUTWELL, John Ivy N Hoffman  30 Jun 1943 31 oil field employee     N
BRAEHLER, Lyle A Beckemeyer        St. Anthony   Ch
BRAINER, William Ben A Albers  3 Sep 1942 32 shoe repairman     N
BRANDMEYER, Aloysius H. A Albers  22 Sep 1944 19 farmer     N
BRANDMEYER, Anthony (Tony) A Albers  2 Mar 1942 27 farmer     N
BRANDT, Eugene C. A Carlyle  24 Apr 1944 32 fireman, steam     C, N
BREFELD, Dr. Gervois Louis A Trenton   --         N
BREFELD, Paul Arthur N Trenton  3 Nov 1943 30 manager hardware business     N
BREINER, Elmer F. A Damiansville        St. Damian   Ch
BREINER, William S. A Damiansville        St. Damian   Ch
BRETZ, John   Carlyle            C
BREWER, Ferd R. A Beckemeyer  5 Jan 1943 29 laborer St. Anthony memorial C, Ch, N, M, Q, R
BREWER, Herschel Jones MC Carlyle  2 Oct 1942 22 truck driver   enl  
BREWER, Leslie Jones A Carlyle  21 Jun 1942 24 carnival worker     C, Ch, N
BREWER, Roy William A Centralia  24 Feb 1943 19 farm laborer     N
BRIGHT, Dallas Thomas A Carlyle  4 Jun 1943 30 laborer     C, Ch, N
BRINK, Edwin Fred A Posey  21 Apr 1942 26 service station employee Trinity   Ch, N
BRINKMANN, William A Beckemeyer        St. Anthony   Ch
BROECKLING, Edward Henry AAC Albers  10 Jun 1942 34 hatchery employee St. Bernard   Ch, N
BROECKLING, Joseph Bernard AAC Albers        St. Bernard   Ch
BROECKLING, Walter Anthony A New Baden  16 Sep 1942 21 green house employee St. George   Ch, N
BROKERING, Maurice Tindall N New Baden  19 Oct 1942 20 oiler   enl N
BROMEYER, George Louis A Centralia  3 Sep 1942 24 laborer     N
BROMLEY, William Clarence A Carlyle  16 Sep 1942 21 shoe factory employee     C, Ch, N
BROWN, Harvey Henry N Centralia  7 Sep 1942 28 carpenter   enl N
BROWN, Ralph Edward A Carlyle  30 Jan 1942 23 survey rodman   enl C, Ch, N
BRUCKNER, Raymond Edward A Carlyle  18 Mar 1943 18 farm laborer     N
BRUEGGE, Ferdinand Eugene A Breese  27 Nov 1941 23 embalmer-funeral director St. Dominic   Ch, N
BRUEGGE, Theodore A Breese        St. Dominic   Ch
BRUEGGEMANN, Arnold Bernard A Bartelso  20 Jun 1941 24 general clerk St. Cecelia   Ch, N
BRUEGGEMANN, Edwin Anthony A Bartelso  30 Jun 1943 18 unemployed St. Cecelia   Ch, N
BRUEGGEMANN, Emil Joseph A Bartelso  17 Nov 1942 21 aircraft employee St. Cecelia   Ch, N
BRUEMMER, Joseph Arthur AC Carlyle  10 Dec 1942 19 electrical draftsman   enl C, N
BRUEMMER, Raymond Aloys N Carlyle  27 Jun 1944 18 bank clerk     C, N
BRUEMMER, Robert Albert AC Carlyle  30 Jun 1943 20 unemployed     C, N
BRUENING, Thomas Bernard A Breese  17 Nov 1942 20 factory worker St. Augustine   Ch, N
BRUN, Rheinhardt A. H. A Hoffman  30 Jun 1943 27 aircraft worker Trinity   Ch, N
BUB, Milton Louis N New Baden  3 Feb 1943 21 laborer     N
BUDDE, Anton Pius A Bartelso  16 Nov 1942 20 farm laborer St. Cecelia   Ch, N
BUDDE, Ben Theo. A Bartelso  3 Sep 1942 25 farm laborer St. Cecelia   Ch, N
BUDDE, Lawrence A Germantown        St. Boniface   Ch
BUDDE, Martin A Germantown        St. Boniface   Ch
BUEHLER, Lloyd George N Centralia  27 Jun 1944 18 farming     N
BUEHLER, Rudolph Albert A Centralia  28 Jun 1944 21 farming     N
BUEHLER, Walter Edw. MC Trenton  4 Nov 1943 31 primer mix operator     N
BUEHNE, Harry Edward A Centralia  16 Sep 1943 34 boiler maker     N
BUENEMEYER, Cyril Hillary A Germantown  18 Mar 1943 18 store clerk St. Boniface   Ch, N
BULLER, Ferdinand Virgil MC Breese  9 Feb 1943 20 coal miner St. Dominic enl Ch, N
BURKETT, Ferol Chester A Carlyle  27 Mar 1942 30 bartender     C, Ch, N
BURMEISTER, Ferdinand H. A Breese  8 Dec 1943 35 dairy employee     N
BURNETT, Earl Allan, Jr. A Carlyle  30 Nov 1943 27 machinist's helper     N
BURNETT, Maurice A Carlyle  11 Oct 1944 18 laborer     N
BURROWS, Alvin Hershal MC Carlyle   -- 27 manager auto supply store     C, Ch, N
BURTZ, Raymond Leo N Carlyle  14 Dec 1942 26 sheet metal worker     N
BUSCH, Clifford R.   Keyesport          memorial M
BUSCHER, German Bernard A Breese   --         N
BUSCHER, Gregory August A Breese  16 Jul 1942 23 meet cutter St. Dominic   Ch, N
BUSCHER, Herman A St. Rose        St. Rose   Ch, N
BUSCHER, John A. A Breese  27 Jun 1942 26 steel worker St. Dominic   Ch, N
BUSCHER, Raymond Henry N Breese  5 Jan 1944 22 laborer St. Dominic   Ch, N
BUSSELMANN, Raymond Geo. A Breese  22 Sep 1941 21 truck driver St. Dominic   Ch, N
BUTLER, Woodrow A Centralia  17 Nov 1942 30 store manager     N
 
This exhibit has been coordinated with Richard Pax, Clinton County Expert on Veterans.
 
(1) Names as reported in the 1940's. Biggest concern is the similiarity in the names, same person could be on here twice. Includes some residents of
neighboring counties.
(2) Service they joined. Biggest concern is that often one source reported one service and another source reported a different source. Possible abbreviations
used might be: A=Army; AR = Army Reserve; AAC = Army Air Corps; AC = Air Corps; CG = Coast Guard; M = Marines; MM = Merchant Marines;
N = Navy; NAC = Naval Air Corps; NR = Naval Reserve; R = Reserves; W = WAACS.
(3) Town where they received their mail. If no information was found except for a church record, the town reported is the church's town.
(4) Date they left for the service. Starts in early 1941 after Germany invaded Europe.
(5) Age when they entered the service.
(6) Occupation before they went into the service.
(7) Other comments found in any of the sources.
(8) Church reported members. Biggest concern again is the similiarity in names and the possible reporting by two churches if his family moved between the
the time he joined and the time the church newspaper was published after the war.
(9) Sources -
(a) C - Listing of "Carlyle Veterans of World War II" from Carlyle 1809 – 1956 Clinton County Annals, copy in Carlyle and St. Louis County libraries.
(b) Ch - Church - "The Messenger", Belleville Catholic Diocese newspaper, Jan 30, Aug 11, Aug 18, Sep 8, 1944. Listing of Catholic men and women who served
in the World Wars I and II armed forces from Clinton County churches. Copy in Belleville Library's verticle file.
(c) Ch - Church - "List of Members Who Served in the Armed Forces", Trinity Lutheran Church and School Booklet, Pages 80-81
(d) M - Brochure "Clinton County Veterans Day Celebration Program" 11 Nov 1996, gives names of war dead engraved on memorial.
(e) M - Same names of those who died during war years listed in CCHS Quarterly # 20-4, Oct - Dec 1997.
Photos and obits of Carlyle war dead in CCHS Quarterly 22-4, Oct-Dec 1999. CCHS working on remainder of county Jan 2000.
(f) N - (N)ote File Cards, now at Clinton County Historical Society, "Case-Halsted Public Library - Statistical Information Department - Clinton County Young
Men in Service - Second WW" 4" x 5" cards. These cards could possibly have been prepared when the Carlyle "n"ewspaper stated that a person.
left for the service. Thanks to the unknown person that created such a treasure. Probably excludes many people from the outer area of the county.
(g) R - Internet: http://www.nara.gov/nara/searchnail.html then "Search NAIL" then "Clinton County and Illinois". Abbreviations: DNB = died from non battle
injuries, DOW = died of wounds; KIA = killed in action. Town shown is home of residence at enlistment time according to NARA..
(h) R - Same NARA (r)ecords found in a printed brochure in the Belleville Public Library's "Illinois - World War, 1939-1945" vertical file. Article in "World
War II Honor List of Dead and Missing", State of Illinois, War Dept., June 1946
 
Links:
World War II http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/9061/USA/WWII/ww2.html
World War II http://history.hanover.edu/20th/wwii.htm
Absolute Authority on World War 2 http://www.absolute-authority.com/ww2/
World War 2 in Europe http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/
World War 2 in the Pacific http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/pacificwar/

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