Etchison, Lindsey Delbert

1916 - 1998  (82 years)

• Name	Etchison, Lindsey Delbert
  Birth	21 Jun 1916	Clay County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	ETCH.L002
  _FGRAVE	40151192
  Military Service	World War II, Junior Assistant Purser, Pharmacist aboard The SS Castle Pinckney (a T2-SE-A1 Class Tanker), United States Merchant Marines  [1]
  	Served August 1944 to December 1944. Made 3 voyages in the Pacific Theater of Operations as a Junior Assistant Purser, Pharmacist aboard the SS Castle Pinckney, a T2-SE-A1 class tanker. Received the Merchant Marine Combat Bar with stars. By congressional action in 1988, granted veteran status and an honorable discharge from the Coast Guard as a Seaman effective on August 15, 1945. (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=1889044
  		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. …
  		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 (1939-1945)
  		World War II Honoree, Etchison, Lindsey Delbert (1916-1998)
  Death	19 Jul 1998	Flora, Clay County, Illinois
  Burial	Old Union Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois
  Person ID	I43664	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2025

  
  

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  Birth - 21 Jun 1916 - Clay County, Illinois Death - 19 Jul 1998 - Flora, Clay County, Illinois Burial - - Old Union Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Sources

  [S15392] World War II Honoree, Lindsey Delbert Etchison, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1889044) (Reliability: 2).