Etchason, William Alvin 'Bill'

1926 - 2003  (76 years)

• Name	Etchason, William Alvin 'Bill'
  Birth	12 Sep 1926
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	ETCH.W001
  _FGRAVE	19421119
  Military Service	World War II, Fireman Class, USS, Caloosahatchee, First United States Navy  [1]
  	Inducted on December 23, 1944. after attending basic training and engineering service school he was assigned to the USS Caloosahatchee AO-98. this ship was a tanker in the service force of the Atlantic fleet that transported oil and refueled ships at sea. operations from the Gulf of Mexico to Iceland and Greenland in the north Atlantic in the American theater of operations. he was honorably discharged as a Fireman 1st class and returned home on July 4, 1946. (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: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=914878
  		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,…
  		World War II Honoree, Etchason, William 'Bill' Alvin (1926-2003)
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		William Alvin 'Bill' Etchason (1926-2003)
  		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	3 Jan 2003
  Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois
  		Headstone, Etchason, William A. Displayed with permission of Lady in Black
  Person ID	I43663	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Etchason, Isaac Walter 'Ike',   b. 16 Feb 1881, Clay County, Illinois d. 27 Jan 1956, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Smith, Maude Lola,   b. 6 Jul 1887, Clay County, Illinois d. 071819651965, Illinois (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F16667	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hawkins, M.E.
  Family ID	F16796	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S14036] World War II Honoree, William 'Bill' Alvin Etchason, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=914878) (Reliability: 2).