1. | Stine, Elmo Clyde 'Jim' was born on 17 Jun 1906 in Wayne County, Illinois; died on 17 Sep 1976 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; was buried in 1976 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. Other Events and Attributes:
- Reference Number: STIN.E001
- _FGRAVE: 20755920
- Military Service: World War II, Private First Class, Battery C, 487th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, United States Army
Notes:
Services for Elmo (Jim) Stine, 70, Clay City, were at the Cardascio Funeral Home, Clay City.
Burial with full military rites was at Clay City Cemetery. Bro. Fred Gordon officiated.
He died at 10:55 p.m. Friday at his home.
Mr. Stine was born June 17, 1906 in Wayne County. He was a member of the Flora VFW and a veteran of World War II.
Surviving are his wife, Beulah (Toots) Wright Stine;a son, Robert Lee Stine, Flora; and a half brother, Gayland Pettyjohn, Dayton, Ohio.
Taken from the Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL, Sep, 1976.
Military Service:
Entered active service as a draftee on March 15, 1944 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Selected for the Coast Artillery Corps, completed basic training, and qualified in the military occupational specialty of Anti-Aircraft Automatic Weapons Crewman (MOS 601). Departed the Continental U.S. on March 7, 1945 bound for the European Theater of Operations. Assigned to and fought with Battery C, 487th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion in the Central Europe Campaign. Honorably discharged as a Private First Class on November 7, 1945 at the Separation Center, Fort Sheridan. Earned the Good Conduct Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 1 bronze battle star, 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://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2300366
Family/Spouse: Wright, Beulah Marie 'Toots'. Beulah (daughter of Wright, John George and Graham, Elizabeth Jane 'Eliza') was born on 13 Nov 1914 in Wayne County, Illinois; died on 16 Sep 1990 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; was buried on 18 Sep 1990 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. Children:
- 2. STINE, Robert Lee 'Bobby' was born on 23 Feb 1936 in Wayne County, Illinois; died on 12 Mar 2012 in Flora Gardens Care Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried on 14 Mar 2012 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois.
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