Eytchison, Joseph Burnel

1918 - 1965  (47 years)

• Name	Eytchison, Joseph Burnel
  Birth	13 Jun 1918
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	EYTC.J001
  _FGRAVE	24799357
  Military Service	World War II, Technician Figth Grade, Headquarters Station Compliment, 1530th Service Command Unit, Billings General Hospital, United States Army  [1]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on 21 October 1942 at Chicago, Illinois. Completed basic training and qualified in the military occupational specialty of light truck driver (345). Assigned to and served stateside with Headquarters Station Compliment, 1530th Service Command Unit, Billings General Hospital, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. Honorably discharged at that location with a certificate of disability as a Technician Fifth Grade on 26 November 1945. Earned The Good Conduct Medal, The American Campaign Medal and The WWII Victory Medal. (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://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2002503
  		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)
  		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, Eytchison, Joseph B. (1918-1965)
  Death	26 Jun 1965
  Burial	Old Union Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois
  Person ID	I43665	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Old Union Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S15394] World War II Honoree, Joseph B. Eytchison, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2002503) (Reliability: 2).