WARREN, Alfred Galen

1925 - 1988  (62 years)

• Name	WARREN, Alfred Galen
  Birth	19 Sep 1925	Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Baptist Minister  [1]
  Reference Number	WARR.A002
  _FGRAVE	69301122
  Military Service	World War II, Aviation Radioman Third Class, United States Navy  [2]
  	Entered active service on January 12, 1944. Completed boot camp at Naval Training Station, Farragut, Idaho. Assigned to and served, in turn, with Torpedo Squadron 28 and Carrier Service Unit 6 in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Honorably discharged as a Aviation Radioman Third Class on June 2, 1946 at the Naval Personnel Separation Center, Camp Shoemaker, California. Earned the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal. Source: https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2185623 This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		Alfred Galen Warren (1925-1988)
  		Military Service Ribbons, Warren, Alfred Galen (1926-1988) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		United States Navy
  		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,…
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Honoree, Warren, Alfred Galen
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War II
  		Farragut State Park, Idaho
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		United States Navy
  		United States Navy Enlisted Rates
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  Death	16 Mar 1988	Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois   [1]
  Burial	Oak Hill Cemetery of Clear Lake, Clear Lake, Sangamon County, Illinois   [3]
  		Headstone, Warren, A. Galen and Ruby Lee
  		Headstone, Warren, A Galen and Ruby Lee
  Person ID	I26808	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	Warren, William Fleming Curtis 'Bill',   b. 28 Jun 1891, Songer Township, Clay County, Illinois d. 19 Jul 1973, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Forfang, Anna Emelia,   b. 6 Feb 1894, Hallock, Kittson County, Minnesota d. 30 Nov 1954, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F5488	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lee, Ruby Mae,   b. 17 Sep 1928, Lawrenceville, Lawrence County, Illinois d. 5 Jun 2018, Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	25 Mar 1947
  Age at Marriage	He : 21 years and 6 months - She : 18 years and 6 months.
  Children	1. Warren, G.L.   2. Warren, J.E.   3. Warren, P.D.   4. Warren, T.W.
  Family ID	F11531	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Alfred Galen (always known as Galen) Warren married Ruby Lee on 25 Mar 1947 in a double ceremony with his brother Robert Calvin Warren and Doris Jean Xanders. Galen had 4 boys and served as a Baptist Minister in Southern Illinois. He came from a family of 9 children who survived to adulthood. 5 boys and 4 girls. Parents were William Curtis Warren and Anna Emelia Forfang. He was the first of his siblings to pass away.

  
  

• Sources

  [S7603] https://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Warren, Alfred Galen, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69301122), none. (Reliability: 2). [S7554] https://www.wwiimemorial.com/, World War II Honoree, Alfred Galen Warren, (https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2185623) (Reliability: 2). [S7604] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Warren, A. Galen and Ruby Lee, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69301122/alfred-galen-warren), none. (Reliability: 2).