Birch, Mavin O.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BIRC.M001
• _FGRAVE: 21532157
• Military Service: World War II, Private First Class, 3539th Army Air Force Base Unit, United States Army Air Forces

Notes:

Military Service:
Entered active service as a draftee on March 15, 1944 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Selected for the Air Corps, completed basic training, graduated the Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic Service School at Fort Knox, Kentucky and qualified in the military occupational specialty of Automotive Equipment Mechanic (014). Served stateside with the 3539th Army Air Forces Base Unit at Langley Field, Virginia. Developed a medical condition that required hospitalization. Honorably discharged with a certificate of disability as a Private First Class on October 26, 1945 same station. Earned The American Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

(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.)

Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2109668

Family/Spouse: GALLOWAY, Nola A.. Nola (daughter of Galloway, Samuel Nelson and Stiner, Daisy Ann) was born on 12 Oct 1908; died on 29 Mar 1987; was buried in Headyville McQueen Cemetery, Newton, Jasper County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marshall, S.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Bangert, Emma Agnes. Emma (daughter of Bangert, Philip Aloyisus Oliver and Montgomery, Sara Elizabeth) was born on 12 Feb 1897 in Clay County, Illinois; died on 17 Apr 1970 in Bible Grove, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]