Winchester, Billie Jene 'Bill'

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: WINC.B002
• _FGRAVE: 18119257
• Military Service: World War II, Seaman First Class, USS Duluth CL-87, United States Navy

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Military Service:
Entered active service on June 9, 1944 at Springfield, Illinois. Completed boot camp at Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, with further training at Naval Training Station, Newport, Rhode Island. Assigned to and served aboard the Cleveland-Class Light Cruiser USS Duluth CL-87. Honorably discharged as a Seaman First Class on May 26, 1946 at the naval Personnel Separation Center, Saint Louis, Missouri. Earned the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 2 stars, 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: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2316914

Billie married Acklin, Martha Adeline on 16 Nov 1945. Martha (daughter of Acklin, James J. and McAlister, Romie L.) was born on 16 Jan 1927 in Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma; died on 16 Jun 2011 in Medical Center Hospital, Odessa, Ector County, Texas; was buried on 23 Jun 2011 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]