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Akes, John A.

Akes, John A.

Male 1912 - 1985  (73 years)

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  1. 1.  Akes, John A.Akes, John A. was born on 24 Apr 1912 (son of Akes, Albert Otis 'Bert' and Westcott, Clela O.); died on 21 Sep 1985; was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Xenia, Clay County, Illinois.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: AKES.J002
    • _FGRAVE: 26546109
    • Military Service: World War II, Private First Class, Squadron SP, 4136th Army Air Forces B7e Unit, United States Army Air Forces

    Notes:

    Military Service:
    Entered active service as a draftee on October 21, 1942 at Fort Custer, Michigan. Selected for the Air Corps, completed basic training and qualified in the Military Occupational Specialty of Light Truck Driver (345). Departed the U.S. on August 4, 1943 bound for the European Theater of Operations. Returned to the U.S. on August 17, 1945 and was assigned to Squadron SP, 4136th Army Air Forces Base Unit, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Honorably discharged as a Private First Class on December 11, 1945 at Scott Field, Illinois. Earned The Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern 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.)

    https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2096748


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Akes, Albert Otis 'Bert' was born on 3 Oct 1880; died on 17 May 1962; was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Xenia, Clay County, Illinois.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: AKES.A001
    • _FGRAVE: 25980594

    Albert married Westcott, Clela O.. Clela was born in 1883; died in 1964. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Westcott, Clela O. was born in 1883; died in 1964.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: WEST.C004

    Children:
    1. Akes, Lillian Margone was born on 6 Jan 1910 in Xenia, Clay County, Illinois; died on 17 Mar 1995 in Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Oskaloosa Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Clay County, Illinois.
    2. 1. Akes, John A. was born on 24 Apr 1912; died on 21 Sep 1985; was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Xenia, Clay County, Illinois.
    3. Akes, Helen E. was born on 30 Dec 1913 in Xenia, Clay County, Illinois; died on 8 Dec 1995 in Fairfield Memorial Hospital, Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois; was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Xenia, Clay County, Illinois.
    4. Akes, Burl Robert was born on 12 Oct 1916; died on 28 Sep 1998; was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Xenia, Clay County, Illinois.
    5. Akes, Charles D. Sr. was born on 18 Jun 1919 in Xenia, Clay County, Illinois; died on 15 Oct 1997 in Florida Hospital, Orlando, Orange County, Florida; was buried in Saint James Catholic Church Memorial Gardens, Lake Placid, Highlands County, Florida.
    6. Akes, Majorie Juanita was born in 1922; died in 1989.
    7. Akes, Gene H. was born on 17 Jul 1924 in Xenia, Clay County, Illinois; died on 24 Mar 2000 in Lake Placid, Highlands County, Florida; was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Xenia, Clay County, Illinois.



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