Schofield, William Allen (1872 - 1970): Carl Wayne Gray Genealogies

1872 - 1970 (98 years)

Name	Schofield, William Allen
Birth	21 May 1872	Illinois [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Reference Number	SCHO.W002
_FGRAVE	18793016
Death	Sep 1970 [1, 3]
Burial	Foster Hill Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois [1]
		Headstone, Schofield, William Allen Schofield
Person ID	I20298	Carl Wayne Gray Research \| Schofield - Tipton William Allen Schofield and Ida Mae Tipton Descendants
Last Modified	25 Jun 2024

Family Tipton, Ida Mae, b. 1 Dec 1887, Clay County, Illinois d. 18 Oct 1979, Clay County, Illinois (Age 91 years)

Children

	1. Schofield, Ruey Eglantine, b. 30 May 1913, Illinois d. 4 Mar 2006 (Age 92 years)
+	2. Schofield, William Allen, b. 1 May 1915, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois d. 7 Jul 2008 (Age 93 years)
	3. Schofield, Lawrence W., b. 3 Oct 1916 d. 17 Feb 1920 (Age 3 years)
	4. Schofield, Edward Logan, b. 4 Oct 1918 d. 19 Feb 1920 (Age 1 year)
	5. Schofield, Florence Eleanor, b. 6 Sep 1920, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois d. 4 Dec 2005, Highland, Madison County, Illinois (Age 85 years)
+	6. Schofield, Rawleigh Wilson, b. 15 Dec 1922, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois d. 5 Nov 2007, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois (Age 84 years)
	7. Schofield, Infant, b. 15 May 1926 d. 16 May 1926 (Age 0 years)

Family ID F9112 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 31 Jan 2023

Event Map

Burial - - Foster Hill Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

= Link to Google Earth

Notes

ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON AUGUST 8, 1942 AT SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI. TRAINED AS AN AUTOMATIC WEAPONS CREWMAN (MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY 601) AND DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON DECEMBER 13, 1942 BOUND FOR ALASKA AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS CAMPAIGN. RETURNED TO CONTINENTAL U.S. ON MAY 1, 1944. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE BATTLE STAR, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM BATTERY B, 54TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT REPLACEMENT TRAINING BATTALION AS A STAFF SERGEANT ON DECEMBER 6, 1945 AT FORT BLISS, TEXAS.

[S5554] (Reliability: 2).
[S5552] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-20), image 18, page 9a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00480?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2).
[S5550] Findagrave.com, Obituary, Schofield, Rawleigh W., 84, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22679032/rawleigh-wilson-schofield), none. (Reliability: 2).