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Akes, Minnie O.

Female 1891 - 1973  (81 years)


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  1. 1.  Akes, Minnie O. was born on 8 Nov 1891; died in Mar 1973; was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Xenia, Clay County, Illinois.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: AKES.M002
    • _FGRAVE: 26688844

    Family/Spouse: Colclasure, Earnest C.. Earnest was born in Dec 1870 in Illinois; died on 26 Feb 1926; was buried in Oak Mound Cemetery, Songer Township, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Colclasure, Thelma Pauline  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1918; died in 2006.
    2. 3. Colclasure, Anna E.  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1921; died in 2001.
    3. 4. Colclasure, Robert E.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Mar 1923; died on 18 Jun 1983; was buried in East Lawn Cemetery, Salem, Marion County, Illinois.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Colclasure, Thelma Pauline Descendancy chart to this point (1.Minnie1) was born in 1918; died in 2006.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: COLC.T002


  2. 3.  Colclasure, Anna E. Descendancy chart to this point (1.Minnie1) was born in 1921; died in 2001.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: COLC.A012


  3. 4.  Colclasure, Robert E. Descendancy chart to this point (1.Minnie1) was born on 14 Mar 1923; died on 18 Jun 1983; was buried in East Lawn Cemetery, Salem, Marion County, Illinois.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: COLC.R007
    • _FGRAVE: 135647700
    • Military Service: World War II, Sergeant, 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, 58th Bomb Wing (Very Heavy), United States Army Air Forces

    Notes:

    Military Service:
    Entered active service as a draftee on 2 February, 1943 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Completed basic and qualified for the military occupational specialty of munitions worker (901). Departed the Continental U.S. on 14 February, 1944 bound for the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations. Assigned to and served with the 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, 58th Bomb Wing (Very Heavy) Operating Boeing B-29 Super Fortress Aircraft from bases in India, then China, where they commenced operations against targets in Japan, Manchuria, China, Taiwan (Formosa), Burma (Myanmar), the Malay Peninsula, Singapore and Sumatra. On March 30, 1945 the 58th Bomb Wing deployed to West Field on the island of Tinian where it continued the air offensive Japan until the end of the war in August 1945. Earned the Distinguished Unit Citation, The Good Conduct Medal, The American Campaign Medal, The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 1 silver and 1 bronze battle star and the WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as a Sergeant on 24 November 1945 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=1984561




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