Welty, John A. 'Jack'

1936 - 1990  (53 years)

• Name	Welty, John A. 'Jack'
  Birth	5 Dec 1936  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	WELT.J004
  _FGRAVE	21120993
  Military Service	Specialist Fourth Class, United States Army  [1]
  		Specialist (abbreviated as SPC) (paygrade E-4), United States Army (1985-2019) Initially, Specialist 3rd Class (SP3) (E-3), United States Army, (Mar 1955 - Sep 1959) Later, Specialist 4th Class (SP4) (E-4), United States Army, (Sep 1958 - 1985) Can manage other enlisted Soldiers of lower rank. Has served a minimum of two years and attended a specific training class to earn this promotion. People…
  		Specialist (Rank) Specialist is a military rank in some countries’ armed forces. In the United States Armed Forces, it is one of the four junior enlisted ranks in the U.S. Army, above private (PVT), private (PV2), and private first class and is equivalent in pay grade to corporal. In the U.S. Space Force it consists of the four junior enlisted ranks, prior to…
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  		United States Army
  		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,…
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  Death	16 Mar 1990  [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	Rusk Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Welty, John A.
  Person ID	I20490	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Welty, John,   b. 8 Jan 1912, Illinois d. 2 Mar 1984 (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Smith, Ruby Althea,   b. 15 Sep 1909, Flora, Clay County, Illinois d. 25 Jan 1978, Salem, Marion County, Illinois (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	Y  [4, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F9200	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Rusk Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5624] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Welty, John A., (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21120993), none. (Reliability: 2). [S5618] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Welty, Ruth Ann, 64, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=121&GScid=107793&GRid=24801477&), none. [S5622] Obituary, Owens, Jeannie, 66, none. (Reliability: 2). [S940] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Pool, Glenda Sue, 69, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Pool&GSiman=1&GScid=470198&GRid=161635949&), none. (Reliability: 2). [S5620] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Welty, Ruby and John, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21121015), none. (Reliability: 2). [S5621] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-20), image 22, page 11a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00480?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2).