Brissenden, Clarence Edwin 'Bill' (1918 - 2010): Carl Wayne Gray Genealogies

1918 - 2010 (92 years)

Name	Brissenden, Clarence Edwin 'Bill'
Name		Clarence Edwin "Bill" Brissenden (1918-2010)
Birth	1918	Illinois [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Reference Number	BRIS.C002
Military Service	World War II, Major, 12th Artillery Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, United States Marine Corps
		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
		United States Marine Corps
		United States Marine Corps
		Major (Maj) (O-4), United States Marine Corps
		Major, United States Army, United States Marine Corps, United States Air Force, and United States Space Force
		United States Marine Corps Rank Insignia
		World War II (1939-1945)
		3rd Marine Division, United States Marine Corps
Death	28 Mar 2010	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah [3]
Person ID	I18772	Carl Wayne Gray Research
Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

Father	Brissenden, Joseph Edgar, b. 11 Jan 1878, Illinois d. 14 Mar 1953, Texas (Age 75 years)
Mother	Junkins, Nancy Edna 'Nan', b. 1878, Illinois d. 17 Apr 1969 (Age 91 years)
Marriage	Y [1, 2, 4]
Family ID	F8474	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Fairclo, M.A.

Children

	1. Brissenden, ? d. Bef 28 Mar 2010
	2. Brissenden, T.
	3. Brissenden, D.

Family ID F8477 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 31 Jan 2023

Notes

Bill was the youngest son of Joseph Edgar Brissenden and Nancy Edna Junkins of Clay City. He attended Oregon State University and graduated with a degree in Animal Husbandry in 1940. He met Marjorie Alice Fairclo at OSU and they married in 1942. In December of 1940, Bill joined the Marines. He served with the 12th Artillery Regiment of the 3rd Marine Division in the Pacific Islands of Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Guam and Iwo Jima. He was on Iwo Jima when the flag was raised. His last assignment was Commander of the General Court Martial Brig in San Diego, CA. He was discharged from active duty December 1945 as USMC Major and retired as USMCR Colonel.

After returning from the war, Bill worked for the Bureau of Reclamation in Klamath Falls, OR. In 1948, he accepted a Veteran's homestead in Hazelton, ID where Bill and Marj began farming and started their family. Buildings used on the homesteaad were moved from the Minidoka Japanese Internment camp. Bill started with the J.R. Simplot Company in 1952. Simplot took them to Rupert, ID, Scotts Bluff, NE, Pocatello and Boise, ID. While in Pocatello, Bill was instrumental in starting the Simplot Games, now in its 32nd year. After 30 years with Simplot, Bill retired in 1982 as V.P. Administrative Services.
In retirement, Bill and Marj loved to spend summers at their cabin near Stanley, ID. In the fall of 2002, they moved to Salt Lake City to live with Dan and Marcia.
Bill was devoted to his faith and active with Boy Scout leadership. He was a generous and loving man with a wonderful sense of humor and will be greatly missed by his family, nieces and nephews and many friends from the communities where he lived.

Sources

[S877] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 0003) (Village), image 08, page 4b, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6224/4584337_00604?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fd), none. (Reliability: 2).
[S15] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Illinois, (District 0003) (Village), image 23, page 12a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6061/4300174_00630?pid=14757672&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll) (Reliability: 2).
[S4956] The Daily Clay County Advocate Press (Flora, Clay County, Illinois), Obituary, Brissenden, Clarence "Bill", 92, (The Daily Clay County Advocate Press (Flora, Clay County, Illinois), 01 April 2010), none. (Reliability: 2).
[S4954] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Brissenden, Nancy Edna and Joseph Edgar, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Brissenden&GSiman=1&GScid=105163&GRid=24196308&), none. (Reliability: 2).