Schofield, William Allen

1915 - 2008  (93 years)

• Name	Schofield, William Allen
  Birth	1 May 1915	Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	SCHO.W004
  _FGRAVE	28199594
  Funeral	11 Jul 2008	Wright and Salmon Mortuary, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois   [1]
  Military Service	World War II, Staff Sergeant, Battery B, 54th Anti-Aircraft Replacement Training Battalion, United States Army  [1, 4]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on August 8, 1942 at Saint Louis, Missouri. Trained as an Automatic Weapons Crewman (Military Occupational Specialty 601) and departed the Continental U.S. on December 13, 1942 bound for Alaska and the Aleutian Islands Campaign. Returned to Continental U.S. on May 1, 1944. Awarded the American Campaign Medal, The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 1 bronze battle star, the WWII Victory Medal and the Good Conduct Medal. Honorably discharged from Battery B, 54th Anti-Aircraft Replacement Training Battalion as a Staff Sergeant on December 6, 1945 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=1905366
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		William Allen Schofield (1915-2008)
  		United States Army
  		Staff Sergeant (abbreviated as S/Sgt.), United States Army and United States Army Air Forces (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		Military Service Ribbons, Schofield, William Allen (1915-2008) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Army
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Aleutian Islands Campaign
  		Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		World War II Honoree, Schofield, William Allen (1915-2008)
  Death	7 Jul 2008  [1, 2]
  Burial	11 Jul 2008	Spring Bay Cemetery, Spring Bay, Woodford County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  	Plot: 422-2
  		Headstone, Schofield, Jerry A., William A., and Margaret N.
  Person ID	I20323	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Schofield - Tipton William Allen Schofield and Ida Mae Tipton Descendants
  Last Modified	6 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Schofield, William Allen,   b. 21 May 1872, Illinois d. Sep 1970 (Age 98 years)
  Mother	Tipton, Ida Mae,   b. 1 Dec 1887, Clay County, Illinois d. 18 Oct 1979, Clay County, Illinois (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F9112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BUTE, Margaret N. 'Maggie',   b. 14 Oct 1927, Flora, Clay County, Illinois d. 9 Mar 2018, Unity Point Health-Methodist, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	19 Mar 1945	El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
  Age at Marriage	He was 29 years and 10 months - She was 17 years and 5 months.
  Children	1. SCHOFIELD, K. + 2. Schofield, Jerry Allen,   b. 3 Mar 1946, Olney, Richland County, Illinois d. 9 Jul 2016, Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F9133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1 May 1915 - Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Marriage - 19 Mar 1945 - El Paso, El Paso County, Texas Funeral - 11 Jul 2008 - Wright and Salmon Mortuary, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois Burial - 11 Jul 2008 - Spring Bay Cemetery, Spring Bay, Woodford County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  He was born in Clay City, the son of William A. & Ida Mae Tipton Schofield, Sr. He married Margaret N. Bute March 19, 1945, in El Paso, Texas, they celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary. He was a machinist at Caterpillar, Inc. for 29 years, retiring in 1978. He was a World War II veteran, and he attended Spring Bay United Methodist Church & was a member of the Spring Bay American Legion Post 1115. He was a volunteer member of the Spring Bay Fire Department and an avid bowled. He loved to travel. He also enjoyed gardening & loved his family. Survivors are his wife, a daughter Karen; a son, Jerry; and 5 grandchildren. Funeral services were held July 11, at Wright and Salmon Mortuary in Peoria, with Rev Linda McKinney and Rev. Joe Richard officiating. Burial was in Spring Bay Cemetery with military rites. Memorials may be made to the Methodist Hospice or the Fire Department of Spring Bay.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5560] (Reliability: 2). [S143] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Schofield, Jerry A., William A., and Margaret N., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28199594/william-allen-schofield), none. (Reliability: 2). [S5552] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-20), image 18, page 9a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00480?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2). [S5240] (Reliability: 2).