Evans, Paul Earnest

1922 - 2002  (79 years)

• Name	Evans, Paul Earnest
  Birth	4 Apr 1922  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	EVAN.P004
  _FGRAVE	117902837
  Funeral	Baue Funeral and Memorial Center Chapel, St. Charles County, Missouri   [1]
  Military Service	World War II, Private First Class, 50th Engineer Battalion, United States Army  [2]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on October 22, 1942 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Selected for the Corps of Engineers, completed basic training, and qualified in the military occupational specialty of Light Truck Driver (345). Departed the Continental U.S. on July 17, 1943 bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations. Assigned to the 50th Engineer Battalion engaged in the Aleutian Islands, Eastern Mandates, Southern Philippines, and Ryukyus campaigns. Earned the Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 4 bronze battle stars, the WWII Victory Medal, and the Philippines Liberation Medal with 1 bronze battle star. Honorably discharged as a Private First Class on November 28, 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: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2233147
  		World War II Honoree, Evans, Paul E. (1922-2002)
  		Military Service Ribbons, Evans, Paul Earnest (1922-2002) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		Aleutian Islands Campaign
  		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
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Army
  		Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War II
  		Philippine Liberation Medal, Republic of the Philippines
  		Camp Grant, Illinois
  		Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		Jefferson Barracks Military Post, Lemay, Missouri
  		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,…
  		Marshall Islands
  		Mindanao, Phillipines
  		Philippine Liberation Medal, Republic of the Philippines
  		Ryukyu Islands
  		United States Army
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  Death	22 Mar 2002	St. Joseph Health Center, St. Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri   [1]
  Burial	Saint Charles Memorial Gardens, St. Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri   [3]
  		Headstone, Evans, Paul E. and Doris J.
  		Headstone, Evans, Paul E.and Doris J.
  Person ID	I22041	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Stanford - Emmott John Thomas Stanford and Bathsheba Austin 'Bessie' Emmott Descendants, Stanford - Kenley David Stanford and Amanda J. Kenley Descendants, Stanford - Wickersham David Stanford and Rebecca L. Wickersham Descendants
  Last Modified	14 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	Evans, James Verl,   b. 21 Feb 1898   d. 5 Feb 1970, Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Dickerson, Myrtle,   b. 20 Jun 1897   d. 28 Mar 1978 (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	Y  [4, 5]
  Family ID	F7711	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Stanford, Doris Jean,   b. 9 Nov 1927, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois d. 24 Feb 2007, St. Charles County, Missouri (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	Y  [6]
  Children	> 1. Evans, C. > 2. Evans, T.T. > 3. Evans, T.T.
  Family ID	F7271	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Funeral - - Baue Funeral and Memorial Center Chapel, St. Charles County, Missouri Death - 22 Mar 2002 - St. Joseph Health Center, St. Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri Burial - - Saint Charles Memorial Gardens, St. Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Mr. Evans was a retired spray painter for McDonnell Douglas Corp., now Boeing Co., where he had worked for 40 years. He was a member of Faith United Methodist Church. He also was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6068] https://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Evans, Paul E., 79, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Evans&GSfn=Paul&GSmn=E.&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=26&GScntry=4), none. (Reliability: 2). [S5808] World War II Honoree, Paul E. Evans, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2233147) (Reliability: 2). [S3948] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Evans, Paul E. and Doris J., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117902837/paul-e-evans), none. (Reliability: 2). [S5930] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Evans, Myrtle and James Verl, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18661513) (Reliability: 2). [S5931] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Evans, James V., (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18661513) (Reliability: 2). [S210] Maglone, Barbara Jean (Mears), Maglone Gedcom, (Maglone, Barbara Jean (Mears), "Maglone,", 23 March 2001., . Revised 05 May 2006), none. (Reliability: 2).