Payne, Frank Averill

1902 - 1944  (42 years)

• Name	Payne, Frank Averill
  Birth	4 Dec 1902	Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	PAYN.F004
  _FGRAVE	56773703
  Military Service	World War II, First Lieutenant, 476th Port Battalion, United States Army  [1]
  	Entered Service from Michigan Military Service Number: 0-500750
  		Frank Averill Payne (1902-1944)
  		First Lieutenant
  		First Lieutenant, United States Army and United States Air Force
  		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 Officer Rank Insignia
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  Death	20 Dec 1944	Oro Bay, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea   [1, 2]
  Burial	Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital, Philippines   [1, 3]
  	Plot D Row 9 Grave 173
  		Entrance, Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines Also known as Fort William McKinley Cemetery The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines occupies 152 acres on a prominent plateau, visible at a distance from the east, south and west. It contains the largest number of graves of our military dead of World War II, a total of 16,859, most of whom lost their lives in operations in…
  Person ID	I20830	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	24 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Payne, James Edward,   b. 9 Aug 1879, Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois d. 16 Aug 1959, Washington, District of Columbia (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Byrne, Temperance Charlotte,   b. 20 Apr 1876, Wilsonburg, Denver Township, Richland County, Illinois d. 25 Sep 1945, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	8 Oct 1901  [4, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F8684	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ward, Phobe Marie,   b. 12 Sep 1903, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois d. 13 Jul 1998, Warren, Wayne County, Michigan (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	24 Dec 1924	Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois   [2]
  Children	1. Payne, B.A.
  Family ID	F9336	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Dec 1902 - Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois Marriage - 24 Dec 1924 - Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5724] http://www.findagrave.com, Memorial, Payne, Frank Averill, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Payne&GSiman=1&GScid=1976551&GRid=56773703&), none. (Reliability: 2). [S5725] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Payne, Phoebe Marie, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39153890), none. (Reliability: 2). [S5726] American Battle Monuments Commission, American Battle Monuments Commission, Payne, Frank A., (https://www.abmc.gov/node/364959#.WFl2BVzxTog) (Reliability: 2). [S5201] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Payne, Charles Noel, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18552143), none. (Reliability: 2). [S5082] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Sailor Springs, Illinois, (District 13-10) (Hoosier Township), image 1, page 1a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00305?pid=139746457&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/) (Reliability: 3). [S5197] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Sailor Springs, Illinois, (Village)(District 13-8), image 1, page 1a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6224/4584337_00756?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fd), none. (Reliability: 2).