Hamilton, Louie Edmond 'Bud'

1927 - 1963  (36 years)

• Name	Hamilton, Louie Edmond 'Bud'
  Birth	1927  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	HAMI.L006
  _FGRAVE	34631696
  Military Service	World War II, Seaman First Class, United States Navy  [2, 3]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on August 5, 1945. Completed boot camp at Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois. Selected for the Seabees and assigned in turn to Construction Battalion Replacement Depot, Camp Parks, Shoemaker, California; Advance Base Receiving Barracks, U.S. Naval Base, Port Hueneme, California; and Construction Battalion Detachment 1108, 20th U.S. Navy Construction Regiment. Honorably discharged as a Seaman First Class on August 10, 1946 at the Naval Personnel Separation Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. Earned the WWII Victory Medal by virtue of his service during the eligibility period. 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: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2165958
  		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
  		Seabee, United States Navy
  		Seabees in World War II
  		United States Navy Enlisted Rates
  		Military Service Ribbons, Hamilton, Louie Edmond 'Bud' (1927-1963) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Naval Station Great Lakes, North Chicago, Illinois
  		Parks Reserve Forces Training Area, Dublin, California
  		Port Hueneme, California
  		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. …
  		World War II Honoree, Hamilton, Louie Edmond (1927-1963)
  Death	1963  [1]
  Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Hamilton, Louie
  Person ID	I15370	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	22 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Hamilton, Louis Elmer 'Louie',   b. 22 Jan 1884, Montrose, Effingham County, Illinois d. 19 Sep 1959, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Coble, Minnie Dorinda 'Rinda',   b. 28 Jul 1887, Flora, Clay County, Illinois d. 4 Feb 1957, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	1905
  Age at Marriage	He was ~ 20 years and 11 months - She was ~ 17 years and 5 months.
  Family ID	F3728	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Smith, Anita L. 'Nita',   b. 26 Dec 1931, Harrodsburg, Monroe County, Indiana d. 12 Sep 2002, St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois (Age 70 years)
  Children	1. Hamilton, R.E.R.   2. Hamilton, S.E.S. + 3. Hamilton, Terrence Lee,   b. 21 Oct 1951, Flora, Clay County, Illinois d. 6 Jul 2011, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F7133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3874] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Hamilton, Louie "Bud", (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=34631696), none. (Reliability: 2). [S3875] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Hamilton, Louie E., (http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=34631696), none. (Reliability: 2). [S14770] https://www.wwiimemorial.com/, World War II Honoree, Louie Edmond Hamilton, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2165958) (Reliability: 2).