Carl Wayne Gray Genealogies
English
Warren, Alfred Galen
1925 - 1988 (62 years)-
Name Warren, Alfred Galen Birth 19 Sep 1925 Clay City, Clay County, Illinois 
[1] Gender Male Occupation Baptist Minister [1] Reference Number WARR.A002 _FGRAVE 69301122 Military Service World War II, Aviation Radioman Third Class, United States Navy [2] - Entered active service on January 12, 1944. Completed boot camp at Naval Training Station, Farragut, Idaho. Assigned to and served, in turn, with Torpedo Squadron 28 and Carrier Service Unit 6 in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Honorably discharged as a Aviation Radioman Third Class on June 2, 1946 at the Naval Personnel Separation Center, Camp Shoemaker, California. Earned the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.
Source: https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2185623
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.
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 Alfred Galen Warren (1925-1988) 
United States Navy United States Navy Enlisted Rates 
Military Service Ribbons, Warren, Alfred Galen (1926-1988)
Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
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 
World War II Victory Medal, United States Military World War II Victory Medal, United States Military World War II
(1939-1945)Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War II Farragut State Park, Idaho 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, Warren, Alfred Galen Death 16 Mar 1988 Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois [1] Burial Oak Hill Cemetery of Clear Lake, Clear Lake, Sangamon County, Illinois [3] 
Headstone, Warren, A. Galen and Ruby Lee 
Headstone, Warren, A Galen and Ruby Lee Person ID I26808 Carl Wayne Gray Research Last Modified 1 Jan 2025
Father Warren, William Fleming Curtis 'Bill', b. 28 Jun 1891, Songer Township, Clay County, Illinois d. 19 Jul 1973, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado (Age 82 years) Mother Forfang, Anna Emelia, b. 6 Feb 1894, Hallock, Kittson County, Minnesota d. 30 Nov 1954, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 60 years) Family ID F5488 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lee, Ruby Mae, b. 17 Sep 1928, Lawrenceville, Lawrence County, Illinois d. 5 Jun 2018, Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 89 years) Marriage 25 Mar 1947 Children 1. Warren, G.L. 2. Warren, J.E. 3. Warren, P.D. 4. Warren, T.W. Family ID F11531 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 31 Jan 2023
- Entered active service on January 12, 1944. Completed boot camp at Naval Training Station, Farragut, Idaho. Assigned to and served, in turn, with Torpedo Squadron 28 and Carrier Service Unit 6 in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Honorably discharged as a Aviation Radioman Third Class on June 2, 1946 at the Naval Personnel Separation Center, Camp Shoemaker, California. Earned the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.
-
Event Map 
Birth - 19 Sep 1925 - Clay City, Clay County, Illinois 
Death - 16 Mar 1988 - Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois 
Burial - - Oak Hill Cemetery of Clear Lake, Clear Lake, Sangamon County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth
-
Notes - Alfred Galen (always known as Galen) Warren married Ruby Lee on 25 Mar 1947 in a double ceremony with his brother Robert Calvin Warren and Doris Jean Xanders.
Galen had 4 boys and served as a Baptist Minister in Southern Illinois. He came from a family of 9 children who survived to adulthood. 5 boys and 4 girls. Parents were William Curtis Warren and Anna Emelia Forfang. He was the first of his siblings to pass away.
- Alfred Galen (always known as Galen) Warren married Ruby Lee on 25 Mar 1947 in a double ceremony with his brother Robert Calvin Warren and Doris Jean Xanders.
-
Sources - [S7603] https://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Warren, Alfred Galen, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69301122), none. (Reliability: 2).
- [S7554] World War II Honoree, Alfred Galen Warren, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2185623) (Reliability: 2).
- [S7604] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Warren, A. Galen and Ruby Lee, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69301122/alfred-galen-warren), none. (Reliability: 2).
- [S7603] https://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Warren, Alfred Galen, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69301122), none. (Reliability: 2).