Doherty, William E. 'Bill'

1919 - 1998  (78 years)

• Name	Doherty, William E. 'Bill'
  Birth	15 Oct 1919	Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	1930 Census says he was born about 1920.
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	DOHE.W001
  _FGRAVE	73173189
  Funeral	10 Aug 1998	Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois   [1]
  Military Service	World War II, Master Sergeant, Headquarters Battery, 183d Field Artillery Battalion, United States Army  [5]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on June 11, 1941 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Selected for the Field Artillery, completed basic training, assigned to Headquarters Battery, 183rd Field Artillery Battalion, and later qualified in the military occucupational specialty of Transportation Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO). Departed the U.S. with his unit on June 22, 1944 bound for the European Theater of Operations. Fought with his non-divisional 155mm howitzer unit in Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe Campaigns. Earned the Bronze Star Medal (VIII Corps), Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 4 bronze battle stars and the WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as a Master Sergeant on October 29, 1945 at the Separation Center, Camp Mccoy, Wisconsin. 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=2077486
  		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,…
  		William E. 'Bill' Doherty (1919-1998)
  		United States Army
  		Master Sergeant, United States Army and United States Army Air Forces (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		Military Service Ribbons, Doherty, William E. 'Bill' (1919-1998) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		Bronze Star Medal, United States
  		Bronze Star Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Army
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		American Defense Service Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		American Defense Service Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States
  		European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Camp Grant, Illinois
  		Fort McCoy, Wisconsin
  		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, Doherty, William E. (1919-1998)
  Death	7 Aug 1998	Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois   [1]
  Burial	10 Aug 1998	Crest Haven Memorial Park, Claremont, Richland County, Illinois   [1]
  	Buried with full military rites at graveside.
  		Headstone, Doherty, William E. and Betty R.
  Person ID	I18385	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	6 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Doherty, Stephen S.,   b. 1888, Illinois d. 12 Jun 1954 (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Jeffrey, Eva Mae,   b. 3 Jun 1890, Illinois d. 15 Apr 1975 (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	Y  [2, 3, 4]
  Family ID	F8234	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Kutch, Betty Ruth,   b. 20 Sep 1923, Wayne County, Illinois d. 9 May 1978, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 54 years)
  Children	+ 1. Doherty, Mary Lou   d. Bef 14 Oct 2008   2. Doherty, J. + 3. Doherty, Patricia A.,   b. 1 Nov 1946, Richland County, Illinois d. 5 Apr 2008, Bruceville, Knox Country, Indiana (Age 61 years)   4. Doherty, William Anthony 'Tony',   b. 20 Dec 1948, Olney, Richland County, Illinois d. 14 Oct 2008, Eastgate Manor Nursing & Rehab, Washington, Daviess County, Indiana (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F8235	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

  Family 2	WATKINS, V.
  Family ID	F8236	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 Oct 1919 - Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois Death - 7 Aug 1998 - Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Funeral - 10 Aug 1998 - Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Burial - 10 Aug 1998 - Crest Haven Memorial Park, Claremont, Richland County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  William E. Doherty, 78, of Olney, died at 4:24 a.m. Friday, Aug. 7, 1998, at Richland Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Sumners-Kistler Funeral Home with Rev. Ed Frost officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Crest Haven Cemetery near Claremont. Military rites will be performed at graveside. Memorials may be made to Richland Memorial Hospital Home Health Services and Long Term Care Unit. Doherty was born Oct. 15, 1919 in Murphysboro, the son of Stephen and Eva (Jeffrey) Doherty. He married Violet Watkins in February 1979. He retired as store manager for General Oilfield Supply. He was a member of the United Methodist Church in Clay City and the VFW, American Legion, Elks Lodge, Eagles Lodge, and Masonic Lodge of Olney. He is survived by his wife; three sons, Tony of Los Angeles, Calif., Jeffrey and his wife, Barbara, of Carbondale and Michael Watkins of Centralia; four daughters, Mary Roberts and her husband, Richard, of Lawrenceville, Patricia Hamilton and her husband, Jack, of Bruceville, Ind., Kathy Bromeling and her husband, Lloyd, of Frazee, Minn. and Linda Beckwith and her husband, Jim, of Detroit Lakes, Minn.; one brother, Stephen Doherty of Mt. Dora, Fla.; six grandchildren, Clint Durall of Terre Haute, Ind., Jackie Durall Morrison of Columbus, Ind., Jamie Shidler of Stutgardt, Germany, Scott Roberts of Elizabethtown, Ky., Jeffrey Doherty of Carbondale, and Sarah Doherty of Carbondale; and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his first wife, parents, and two grandsons. Olney Daily Mail (IL)

  
  

• Sources

  [S4722] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Doherty, William E., 78, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73173189/william-e_-doherty), none. (Reliability: 2). [S660] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-3) (Village), image 23, page 11b, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00053?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 3). [S4719] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Illinois, (District 0003) (Village), image 01, page 1a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6224/4584337_00604?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fd), none. [S1329] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, Enumeration District 3, Page 13B, (http://search.ancestry.com/content/viewer.aspx?dbid=6061&iid=4300174_00633&noredir=true&sid=&gskw=) (Reliability: 2). [S4597] World War II Honoree, William E. Doherty, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2077486), none. (Reliability: 2).