Colclasure, Bernice Everett 'Doc'

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: COLC.B001
• _FGRAVE: 129314052
• Military Service: World War II, Technical Sergeant, 851st Engineer Aviation Battalion, United States Army

Notes:

Military Service:
Entered active service as a draftee on April 22, 1942 at East Saint Louis, Illinois. Completed basic training, qualified as a Construction Machine Supervisor, military occupational specialty 359 and assigned to the 851st Engineer Aviation Battalion. Departed the U.S. with his unit on June 24, 1943 bound for the European Theater of Operations. Served in England and in the Rhineland and Central Europe Campaigns. Earned the Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 2 bronze battle stars and the WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged from the Corps of Engineers as a Technical Sergeant on December 14, 1945 at the Separation Center, Camp Grant, Illinois.

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=1998102

Bernice married ?, Lana M. on 22 Jan 1955. Lana was born on 30 Dec 1916; died on 28 Jun 2012 in Ogemaw County, Michigan; was buried in Churchill Township Cemetery, Selkirk, Ogemaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]