| 1. |  Vail, Wiley C. was born on 30 May 1924 in North Palmyra Township, Macoupin County, Illinois; died on 3 Jan 2011 in Saint Marys Hospital, Enid, Garfield Oklahoma; was buried on 3 Jan 2011 in Sunnyside Cemetery, Lahoma, Garfield County, Oklahoma. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Oilfield Worker, Small Engine Repairman
- Reference Number: VAIL.W003
- _FGRAVE: 64090180
- Military Service: World War II, Technician Fifth Grade, Battery D, 746th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, United States Army
- Funeral: 6 Jan 2011, Anderson-Burris Funeral Home, Enid, Garfield Oklahoma
Notes:
The Enid News and Eagle Tue Jan 04, 2011, 11:33 PM CST
The funeral service for Wiley C. Vail, 86-year-old Enid resident, will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, at Anderson-Burris Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Gary Miller will officiate. Burial will follow in Sunnyside Cemetery, Lahoma. Visitation with the family will be 6:30-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Wiley was born May 30, 1924, in North Palmyra Township, Ill., to Verdie and Bessie (Strange) Vail and died Monday Jan. 3, 2011, at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center. Wiley was a gunner in the U.S. Army, serving in the Philippines and Solomon Islands. He was a member of the American Legion. He was awarded two bronze stars for his service to his country.
Wiley and Virginia Hilderbrand were married Feb. 10, 1947, in Morganfield, Ky.
Wiley worked 27 years for Martin Rat Hole Drilling and 20 years for Myers Implement. Upon his retirement he started Vail small engine repair.
He is survived by his wife, Virginia; sons, Donnie Vail of Enid and Steve Vail and companion Lashelle Kelley of Enid; daughter, Brenda Nash of Drummond; 10 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Wanda Brinkley of Flora, Ill., Rajean and Hunter Connell of Flora, Ill., and Floretta and Jerry Hilderbrand of Louisville, Ill. He was preceded in death by his parents Verdie and Bessie Vail, daughter-in-law Linda Vail, six sisters Freda Wheeler, Verna Williams, Mary Lagle, Doris Hilderbrand, Luceil Holcomb, Pearl Wheeler and one brother Ed Vail.
Donations may be made to VFW and DAV.
Military Service:
Entered active service as a draftee on April 8, 1943 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Completed basic training and qualified in the military occupational specialty of Portable Power Generator Operator (846). Departed the Continental U.S. on September 8, 1943 bound for the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations. Served with Battery D, 746th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion through the Northern Solomon Islands and Southern Philippine Island Campaigns. Earned the American Campaign Medal, Asiaticic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 2 bronze battle stars, WWII Victory Medal and the Philippine Liberation Medal with 1 bronze battle star. Honorably discharged from the Coast Artillery Corps as a Technician 5th Grade on January 10, 1946 at 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://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1976995
NOTE: His obituary says he was awarded 2 Bronze Star, but according to Robert Medley's research, he was awarded Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 2 bronze battle stars.
Wiley married Hilderbrand, Virginia Louise 'Jenny' on 10 Feb 1947 in Morganfield, Union County, Kentucky. Virginia (daughter of Hilderbrand, Percy Clarence 'Tooter' and Belt, Mary Ann 'Anna') was born on 28 Sep 1925 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; died on 29 May 2015 in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma; was buried in Sunnyside Cemetery, Lahoma, Garfield County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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