Fatheree, Bruner L.

1911 - 1985  (74 years)

• Name	Fatheree, Bruner L.
  Birth	27 Jun 1911  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	FATH.B002
  _FGRAVE	126638530
  Military Service	World War II, Private First Class, Company E, 1303rd Engineer General Service Regiment, United States Army  [2, 3]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on October 11, 1943 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Completed basic and qualified for the military occupational specialty of Light Truck Driver (345). Assigned to Company E, 1303rd Engineer General Service Regiment, Corps of Engineers, at Camp Ellis, Illinois. Departed the Continental U.S. on March 24, 1944 bound for the European Theater of Operations. Served in combat through the Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe Campaigns. After V-E Day, departed the European Theater on June 23, 1945 to redeploy with his unit to the Pacific Theater of Operations for duty in the Philippine Islands. Earned the Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 1 silver battle star, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal and the Philippine Liberation Medal. Honorably discharged as a Private 1st Class on October 20, 1945 at the Separation Center, Fort Sheridan, Illinois. (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/search/pframe.asp?HonoreeID=1983473&popcount=63&tcount=224)
  		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
  		Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		Military Service Ribbons, Fatheree, Bruner L. (1911-1985) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Army
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		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
  		Philippine Liberation Medal, Republic of the Philippines
  		Philippine Liberation Medal, Republic of the Philippines
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War II
  		Camp Ellis, Fulton County, Illinois
  		European Theater of World War II
  		Central Europe
  		Rhineland Campaign, World War II
  		Camp Grant, Illinois
  		Operation Overlord, World War II
  		Fort Sheridan, Illinois
  		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, Fatheree, Bruner L. (1911-1985)
  Death	14 Nov 1985  [3]
  Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Manteno, Kankakee County, Illinois   [3]
  		Headstone, Fatheree, Bruner L.
  		Headstone, Fatheree, Bruner L.
  Person ID	I26716	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Elmwood Cemetery, Manteno, Kankakee County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S7501] (Reliability: 2). [S14811] World War II Honoree, Bruner L. Fatheree, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1983473) (Reliability: 2). [S7502] (Reliability: 2).