Shipley, Floyd Rex

1918 - 1980  (61 years)

• Name	Shipley, Floyd Rex
  Birth	4 Sep 1918  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	SHIP.F001
  _FGRAVE	80949469
  Military Service	World War II, Staff Sergeant, United States Army  [1]
  		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 Army
  		Staff Sergeant (abbreviated as S/Sgt.), United States Army and United States Army Air Forces (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  Death	1980  [1, 2]
  Burial	Crest Haven Memorial Park, Claremont, Richland County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Shipley, Floyd Rex
  Person ID	I19372	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family 1	Swinson, Pearl N.   d. 19 Sep 1978
  Family ID	F8761	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Rickner, Ruth Rellia,   b. 25 Dec 1916, Westville, Adair County, Oklahoma d. 15 Mar 2014, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	16 Aug 1979
  Family ID	F8759	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Crest Haven Memorial Park, Claremont, Richland County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5308] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Shipley, Floyd Rex, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80949469/Floyd-Rex-Shipley), none. (Reliability: 2). [S5306] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Shipley, Ruth R., 97, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126197701/ruth-rellia-osborn), none. (Reliability: 2).