Duff, Robert Earl Jr.

1925 - 1996  (70 years)

• Name	Duff, Robert Earl
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	16 Mar 1925	Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Electrical Engineer  [1]
  Reference Number	DUFF.R002
  _FGRAVE	26560071
  Funeral	12 Jan 1996	Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Military Service	Korean War, United States Navy  [3]
  		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 Navy
  		United States Navy
  		United States Navy Enlisted Rates
  		Korean Service Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		Korean Service Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		Korean War (1950-1953)
  		Korea
  Military Service	World War II, Aviation Radio Technician First Class, United States Navy  [1, 3, 6]
  	Entered active service as an Apprentice Seaman on July 6, 1943. Completed boot camp at Naval Training Station Farragut, Idaho; Naval Training School Wright Junior College, Chicago, Illinois; Naval Training School (Elementary Electricity and Radio Materials) Stillwater, Oklahoma and Advanced Radio School at Naval Training Center, Corpus Christi, Texas. Assigned to and served with, in turn, Air Transport Squadrons 10, 9 and 12; and naval Air Station Olathe, Kansas. Earned the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as an aviation radio technician first Class on April 8, 1946 at the Naval Personnel Separation Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. 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=2084396 His obituary states he served from 1943 to 1946 during the Korean War, but those dates would have been for World War II. The Korean War was from 1950 to 1953. His military headstone clarifies that he served in both World War II and Korea.
  		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,…
  		United States Navy
  		Military Service Ribbons, Duff, Robert Earl Jr. (1925-1996) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Honoree, Duff, Robert Earl Jr.
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		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	7 Jan 1996	Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa   [1, 2, 3, 7]
  	Cause: Muscular Dystrophy
  Burial	12 Jan 1996	Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2, 3, 8]
  		Headstone, Duff, Robert E. Displayed with permission of Lady in Black
  		Headstone, Duff, Robert Earl Jr. Displayed with permission of Lady in Black
  		Headstone, Duff Family Plot Displayed with permission of Lady in Black
  		Headstone, Duff, Robert Earl Jr.
  Person ID	I12032	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Duff, Robert Earl,   b. 5 Oct 1886, Illinois d. 23 Sep 1966 (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Raley, Maggie R. 'Dot',   b. 2 Sep 1889, Illinois d. 26 Sep 1982 (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	27 Apr 1913	Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [4, 5, 9]
  Age at Marriage	He was 26 years and 6 months - She was 23 years and 7 months.
  Family ID	F1845	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Miller, Betty L.,   b. 24 Sep 1926, Shidler, Osage County, Oklahoma d. 17 Sep 2016, St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa (Age 89 years)
  Children	+ 1. Duff, Marcia,   b. 1954   d. 2016 (Age 62 years)   2. Duff, Robert Dennis 'Bob',   b. 4 Mar 1956, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa d. 10 Dec 1985, University Hospital, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa (Age 29 years)   3. Duff, Debra J.,   b. 14 Sep 1959, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa d. 30 Sep 2012, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa (Age 53 years)   4. Duff, Jeffrey L.,   b. 11 Mar 1962   d. 2 Feb 1981 (Age 18 years)
  Family ID	F5697	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Mar 1925 - Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Death - Cause: Muscular Dystrophy - 7 Jan 1996 - Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa Funeral - 12 Jan 1996 - Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Burial - 12 Jan 1996 - Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1789] Obituary, Duff, Robert E. Jr., none. (Reliability: 2). [S3160] Funeral Card, Duff, Robert Earl Jr., none. (Reliability: 2). [S3161] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Duff, Robert Earl Jr., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26560071/robert-earl-duff), none. (Reliability: 2). [S178] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-3) (Village), image 15, page 7b, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00053?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.asp) (Reliability: 3). [S198] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Illinois, (District 0003) (Village), image 02, page 1b, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6224/4584337_00604?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fd) (Reliability: 3). [S13286] World War II Honoree, Robert Earl Duff, Jr., (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2084396) (Reliability: 2). [S3162] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Duff, Debra J., (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Duff&GSiman=1&GScid=105163&GRid=98687086&), none. (Reliability: 2). [S15493] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Duff, Robert E.l Jr., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26560071/robert-earl-duff), none. (Reliability: 2). [S1672] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, Enumeration District 3, Page 13A, (http://search.ancestry.com/content/viewer.aspx?dbid=6061&iid=4300174_00632&noredir=true&sid=&gskw=) (Reliability: 2).