Walborn, Billy L.

1927 - 1979  (52 years)

• Name	Walborn, Billy L.
  Birth	24 Jan 1927	Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	WALB.B001
  _FGRAVE	189141341
  Military Service	World War II, Staff Sergeant, Medical Detachment, 5th Infantry Division, United States Army  [2]
  		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)
  		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. …
  Death	25 Feb 1979	Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois
  Burial	Mound Cemetery, Charleston, Coles County, Illinois
  Person ID	I40723	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	Walborn, Leonard,   b. 1904, Illinois
  Mother	Black, Cecil,   b. 1905, Illinois
  Family ID	F16061	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gumbel, Sylvia M.,   b. 1931   d. 2011 (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	1949
  Age at Marriage	He was ~ 21 years and 11 months - She was ~ 18 years.
  Family ID	F18447	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Jan 1927 - Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Death - 25 Feb 1979 - Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois Burial - - Mound Cemetery, Charleston, Coles County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  BILL L. WALBORN CHARLESTON - Bill L. Walborn, 52, of Charleston died Sunday morning (Feb. 25, 1979) in Mercy Hospital, Urbana. The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Wesley United Methodist Church, Charleston. Burial will be in Charleston. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Caudill-King Funeral Home, Charleston. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. He was born Jan 24, 1927, in Clay County, a son of Leonard and Cecyl Black Walborn. He married Sylvia Gumbel June 12, 1949. She survives. Also surviving are one son, Fred of Colchester, Ill.; two daughters, Nancy Walborn of Chicago and Cheryle Swinford of Charleston; his parents of Lousiville; one sister, Mrs. Jess (Patricia) Bateman of Louisville, and one grandchild. Mr. Walborn was a real estate broker in Charleston. He was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church. Journal Gazette Mattoon, Illinois 26 Feb 1979, Mon • Page 5

  
  

• Sources

  [S1489] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois, District 13-18, image 04, page 2b, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00441?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2). [S14866] World War II Honoree, Billy L. Walborn, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2185786) (Reliability: 2).