1. | Bratton, Lowell R. was born on 17 Sep 1918 in Wayne County, Illinois; died on 3 Nov 1984; was buried in Red Brush Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois. Other Events and Attributes:
- Reference Number: BRAT.L001
- _FGRAVE: 27570863
- Military Service: World War II, Sergeant, 56th Quartermaster Sales Company, United States Army
Notes:
Obituary from Wayne County Press, 11/8/1984:
Former Wayne Resident Dies
Former Wayne County resident, Lowell R. Bratton, 66, of Louisville, died at 2:10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, 1984, at his home.
Mr. Bratton was the brother of Stanley Bratton, of Cisne.
Rites Conducted
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Neal Funeral Home, with burial in Red Brush Cemetery with full military rites.
Mr. Bratton was born in Wayne County Sept. 17, 1918, the son of Water [sic] and Iona (Fowler)[sic] Bratton.
He was married to the former Freda Fowler in 1940.
He was a retired meat cutter.
Mr. Bratton was a member of Louisville Pentecostal Church.
Surviving are his wife Freda Bratton, of Louisville; one son, Rick Bratton ; a daughter, Mrs. Shirley VanDyke of Flora; three brothers, Stanley Bratton, of Cisne; . . . ; three grandchildren; and two foster grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, one half-brother, three sisters and his parents.
Military Service:
Entered active service as a draftee on June 14, 1944 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Selected for The Quartermaster Corps, completed basic training, graduated The Army Air Forces' Radio Mechanic School at Truax Field, Wisconsin, and eventually qualified as a Warehouse Foreman (Military Occupational Specialty 252). Departed the U.S. on January 4, 1945 bound for The African-Middle Eastern Theater of Operations. Re-deployed on July 18, 1945 to The Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations, arriving in the Philippine Islands after war's end. Served with the 56th Quartermaster Sales Company. Earned The Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal and The Philippine Liberation Medal. Honorably Discharged as A Sergeant On May 15, 1946 at The Separation Center, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.
(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=2008058
Lowell married Fowler, Freda in 1940. Freda was born in 1924; died in 2005. Children:
- 2. VanDyke, Shirley Ann was born on 21 Aug 1941; died on 15 Aug 2005; was buried in Red Brush Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois.
- 3. Bratton, Ricky L. was born on 5 Dec 1954; died on 12 Nov 2008; was buried in Red Brush Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois.
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