Macoupin County IL - World War II
© 1996-2008
World War II
Macoupin County IL
Victor Hicken served in World War II
"Big John"
MALNAR - Sergeant Major John M. Malnar (Sawyerville son) served in
WWII,
Korea and Vietnam
Poem from Colonel Dan
Cedusky
Honor List of Macoupin soldiers
Instructions for ordering WWII records
Search the National Archives for
WWII
Dead and Missing from states and counties.
Archival
Research
Catalog
-
WWII
soldiers from IL who died
Indiana Soldiers buried in the
Philippines - site of Dave & Apple Dwiggins who are helping to
find families of the soldiers in the Manila American Cemetery.
Instructions for ordering WWII
records
- information from John Scroggins
You send Standard Form 180 to
National Personnel Records Center
Military Personnel Records
9700 Page Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63132-5100
Instructions and links for downloading the form are at:
http://www.archives.gov/facilities/mo/st_louis/military_personnel_records/standard_form_180.html
You generally need to include some kind of proof of death or that you are related. The files have some personal information, but usually not much of genealogical value.
Service is very slow--often 3 to 6 months.
NOTE** Bear in mind that in the 1960's there was a fire at the National
Personnel Records Center building in St Louis and some WWII records
were
destroyed.
Search the National Archives for WWII Dead and
Missing
from states and counties. Information from John Scroggins.
One little known NARA source of information about those killed
or
missing in WWII is the Army's "World War II Honor List of Dead and
Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel." NARA has it online as
unindexed graphic images of lists arranged by the state and county
given
upon enlistment. It shows name, service number, rank, and a status
code.
To access it, go to http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/wwii/army_aaf_honor_list/illinois.html
.
Macoupin County Illinois WWII Honor List - Army and
Army
Air Force personnel
The following Macoupin County WWII Honor List is from the the
National
Archives -
Search
Access to Archival Databases (AAD) at the National Archives Records
Administration
(NARA)
National Archives control number: NWCTM-407-WWIICASARMY-IL
-1946-
War Department. Adjutant General's Office.
-This document lists War Department casualties (Army and Army Air Force
personnel) from World War II. Entries in the list are arranged by name
of county and thereunder alphabetically by name of deceased.
Information
provided includes serial number, rank and type of casualty. The
birthplace
or residence of the deceased is not indicated. An introduction
explaining
how the list was compiled, a statistical tabulation, and the
descriptions
of the types of casualties incurred are also included.
-This series consists of lists of dead or missing Army personnel for
each
of the forty-eight existing states, the District of Columbia, and
Territories
and Possessions of the United States and Foreign Countries. Only those
persons who died in a line-of-duty status with the Army or Army Air
Forces
from May 27, 1941, to January 31, 1946, are listed. The list includes
the
names of both battle and non-battle dead and missing.
Omitted:
William C. TERRELL. Hometown: Carlinville, IL. Status: KIA.[National
WWII
Memorial. < http://www.wwiimemorial.com>]
[IL-WWII Casualty List. Navy, Marines & Coast Guard] TERRELL,
William
Clifton. Quartermaster 3c. USNR. Mother: Mrs. Eunice TERRELL BULLARD.
503
Orient St., Carlinville, ILL.
USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, in Honolulu, HI. There web-site
is: < http://oneternalpatrol.com> TERRELL, William Clifton.
Quartermaster,
Third Class. #634299. From Carlinville, Illinois. Purple Heart.
Submarine:
USS Wahoo (SS-238) Loss Date: October 11, 1943. In La Perouse Strait,
Northern
Japan. Sunk by a combination of air attack, shore batteries and depth
charging.
[American Battle Monuments Commission. National WWII Memorial.
The
WWII Honor Roll. < http://www.abmc.gov] William C. TERRELL.
Quartermaster,
Third Class, U.S. Navy. Service #6342999. USNR. Entered the service
from
KY. Died 7 Jan 1946. MIA or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at
Honolulu
Hawaii Memorial, Honolulu, HI. Awards: Purple Heart.
If you can help find the family of William Terrell, contact the
coordinator
for Sharon (Scriven) Iwanick, of La Center, WA. email address.
Terrell's
mother's name is Mrs. Eunice Terrell Bullard.
Veteran Issues by Colonel Dan
from Colonel Dan Cedusky, Retired
<colonel-dan@sbcglobal.net>
Many
years
ago I quoted the 2nd para in a speech I gave… a group
of veterans in Carlinville IL saw an article about it and wrote me on
how to get permission to use it in granite, on a veterans memorial they
were planning/building. I wrote the widow, and she replied ok to
use.
I ended up as the guest speaker at it’s dedication in front of a veterans post in Carlinville. The paper printed the entire speech. I accidently found the poem on line…and decided to send it to you. (s) Dan Cedusky, Col Ret
Dusty
old helmet, rusty old gun,
They sit in the corner and wait -
Two souvenirs of the Second World War
That have withstood the time, and the hate.
Mute witness to a time of much trouble.
Where kill or be killed was the law -
Were these implements used with high honor?
What was the glory they saw?
Many times I've wanted to ask them -
And now that we're here all alone,
Relics all three of a long ago war -
Where has freedom gone?
Freedom
flies
in
your heart like an eagle.
Let it soar with the winds high above
Among the spirits of soldiers now sleeping,
Guard it with care and with love.
I salute my old friends in the corner,
I agree with all they have said -
And if the moment of truth comes tomorrow,
I'll be free, or By God, I'll be dead!
Poem by Audie Murphy
Medal of Honor Recipient
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