| Name |
Waggoner, Dewey Evert |
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Dewey Waggoner (1925-1994)
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| Birth |
27 Sep 1925 |
Xenia, Clay County, Illinois  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
WAGG.D001 |
| _FGRAVE |
204033725 |
| Funeral |
13 Apr 1994 (68 years) |
Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Flora, Clay County, Illinois [1] |
| Military Service |
World War II, Private First Class, 105th General Hospital, United States Army [1, 2] |
- Entered active service as a draftee on June 11, 1943 at Fort Custer, Michigan. Selected for the medical department, completed basic training and qualified in the military occupational specialty of cook's helper (590). Departed the continental U.S. on December 6, 1943 bound for the Pacific theater of operations. Assigned to and served with the medical detachment, 105th General Hospital, in Australia and through the New Guinea and southern Philippines campaigns. Earned the Good Conduct M Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 2 bronze battle stars, WWII Victory Medal and the Philippine Liberation Medal with 1 bronze battle star. Honorably discharged as a Private First Class on January 14, 1946 at the Separation Center, Camp Grant, Illinois.
http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2021425
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World War II Honoree, Waggoner, Dewey E. (1925-1994)
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Military Service Ribbons, Waggoner, Dewey Evert (1925-1994)
Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
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American Campaign Medal, United States
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American Campaign Medal, United States Military
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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
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Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War II
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Good Conduct Medal, United States Army
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Camp Grant, Illinois
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Philippine Liberation Medal, Republic of the Philippines
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Fort Custer Training Center, Michigan
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Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores
(Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
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Good Conduct Medal, United States Armed Forces
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World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
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Philippine Liberation Medal, Republic of the Philippines
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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,… |
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United States Army
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United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
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World War II
(1939-1945) |
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World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
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| Death |
10 Apr 1994 |
Deaconess Hospital, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana [1] |
| Burial |
13 Apr 1994 |
Oskaloosa Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Clay County, Illinois [1, 3] |
- Buried with full military rites.
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Headstone, Waggoner, Dewey E
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Headstone, Waggoner, Dewey E.
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| Person ID |
I13370 |
Carl Wayne Gray Research |
| Last Modified |
30 Jun 2023 |
| Family |
Halterman, Mildred M. d. 1988 |
| Marriage |
Y [5] |
| Children |
| | 1. Waggoner, B. |
| + | 2. Waggoner, C. |
| | 3. Waggoner, Gene d. Bef 10 Apr 1994 |
| | 4. Waggoner, Elizabeth Ann, b. 28 Sep 1954, Xenia, Clay County, Illinois d. 7 Apr 2021, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 66 years) |
| + | 5. Waggoner, Billy E., b. 10 Jul 1960, Xenia, Clay County, Illinois d. 24 Feb 2018, Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 57 years) |
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| Family ID |
F6302 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Jan 2023 |
English
1925 - 1994 (68 years)
