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Vail, Wiley C.

Vail, Wiley C.

Male 1924 - 2011  (86 years)


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  • Name Vail, Wiley C. 
    Birth 30 May 1924  North Palmyra Township, Macoupin County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Oilfield Worker, Small Engine Repairman  [1] 
    Reference Number VAIL.W003 
    _FGRAVE 64090180 
    Funeral 6 Jan 2011 (86 years)  Anderson-Burris Funeral Home, Enid, Garfield Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Military Service World War II, Technician Fifth Grade, Battery D, 746th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, United States Army  [1, 2] 
    • Entered active service as a draftee on April 8, 1943 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Completed basic training and qualified in the military occupational specialty of Portable Power Generator Operator (846). Departed the Continental U.S. on September 8, 1943 bound for the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations. Served with Battery D, 746th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion through the Northern Solomon Islands and Southern Philippine Island Campaigns. Earned the American Campaign Medal, Asiaticic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 2 bronze battle stars, WWII Victory Medal and the Philippine Liberation Medal with 1 bronze battle star. Honorably discharged from the Coast Artillery Corps as a Technician 5th Grade on January 10, 1946 at 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://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1976995

      NOTE: His obituary says he was awarded 2 Bronze Star, but according to Robert Medley's research, he was awarded Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 2 bronze battle stars.
    		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. …
    Wiley C. Vail (1924-2011)    		 Wiley C. Vail (1924-2011)
    World War II Honoree, Vail, Wiley C. (1924-2011)    		 World War II Honoree, Vail, Wiley C. (1924-2011)
    		American Campaign Medal, United States
    Military Service Ribbons, Vail, Wiley C. (1924-2011)    		 Military Service Ribbons, Vail, Wiley C. (1924-2011)


    Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
    		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
    		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
    		Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War II
    		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
    		Camp Grant, Illinois
    		Philippine Liberation Medal, Republic of the Philippines
    		Jefferson Barracks Military Post, Lemay, Missouri
    		Technician Fifth Grade, United States Army and United States Army Air Forces


    (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)


    This insignia was worn during World War II. The Technician ranks were removed from the U.S. Army rank system in 1948, although the concept was brought back with the Specialist ranks in 1955.
    		Philippine Liberation Medal, Republic of the Philippines
    		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
    		Technician Fifth Grade, United States Army and United States Army Air Forces


    (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)


    This insignia was worn during World War II. The Technician ranks were removed from the U.S. Army rank system in 1948, although the concept was brought back with the Specialist ranks in 1955.
    		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
    		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
    		World War II
    (1939-1945)
    		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
    Death 3 Jan 2011  Saint Marys Hospital, Enid, Garfield Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial 3 Jan 2011  Sunnyside Cemetery, Lahoma, Garfield County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Headstone, Vail, Wiley C.    		 Headstone, Vail, Wiley C.
    Person ID I22589  Carl Wayne Gray Research | Hilderbrand - Belt

    Percy Clarence 'Tooter' Hilderbrand and Mary Ann 'Anna' Belt Descendants
    Last Modified 28 May 2023 

    Father Vail, Verdie Vergustus,   b. 24 Sep 1889, Cumberland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 1946, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Strange, Bessie Agnes,   b. 14 Feb 1896, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1975, Flora, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 18 Mar 1916  [1, 4, 5, 6] 
    Family ID F7666  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hilderbrand, Virginia Louise 'Jenny',   b. 28 Sep 1925, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 2015, Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Marriage 10 Feb 1947  Morganfield, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 7, 8] 
    Children 
     1. Vail, D.
     2. Vail, S.
    >3. Vail, B.
    Family ID F8542  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 30 May 1924 - North Palmyra Township, Macoupin County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 10 Feb 1947 - Morganfield, Union County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 3 Jan 2011 - Saint Marys Hospital, Enid, Garfield Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 3 Jan 2011 - Sunnyside Cemetery, Lahoma, Garfield County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFuneral - 6 Jan 2011 - Anderson-Burris Funeral Home, Enid, Garfield Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  • Notes 
    • The Enid News and Eagle Tue Jan 04, 2011, 11:33 PM CST

      The funeral service for Wiley C. Vail, 86-year-old Enid resident, will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, at Anderson-Burris Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Gary Miller will officiate. Burial will follow in Sunnyside Cemetery, Lahoma. Visitation with the family will be 6:30-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

      Wiley was born May 30, 1924, in North Palmyra Township, Ill., to Verdie and Bessie (Strange) Vail and died Monday Jan. 3, 2011, at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center. Wiley was a gunner in the U.S. Army, serving in the Philippines and Solomon Islands. He was a member of the American Legion. He was awarded two bronze stars for his service to his country.

      Wiley and Virginia Hilderbrand were married Feb. 10, 1947, in Morganfield, Ky.

      Wiley worked 27 years for Martin Rat Hole Drilling and 20 years for Myers Implement. Upon his retirement he started Vail small engine repair.

      He is survived by his wife, Virginia; sons, Donnie Vail of Enid and Steve Vail and companion Lashelle Kelley of Enid; daughter, Brenda Nash of Drummond; 10 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Wanda Brinkley of Flora, Ill., Rajean and Hunter Connell of Flora, Ill., and Floretta and Jerry Hilderbrand of Louisville, Ill. He was preceded in death by his parents Verdie and Bessie Vail, daughter-in-law Linda Vail, six sisters Freda Wheeler, Verna Williams, Mary Lagle, Doris Hilderbrand, Luceil Holcomb, Pearl Wheeler and one brother Ed Vail.

      Donations may be made to VFW and DAV.

  • Sources 
    1. [S6178] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Vail, Wiley C., 86, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Vail&GSfn=Wiley&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=2011&GSdyrel=in&GSst=38&GScntry=4), none. (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S5992] World War II Honoree, Wiley C. Vail, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1976995) (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S6179] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Vail, Wiley C., (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Vail&GSfn=Wiley&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=2011&GSdyrel=in&GSst=38&GScntry=4), none. (Reliability: 2).

    4. [S6046] The Daily Clay County Advocate Press (Flora, Clay County, Illinois), Obituary, Humphreys, Rosie, 85, (The Daily Clay County Advocate Press (Flora, Clay County, Illinois), 04 Dec 2009 @ 01:56PM), none. (Reliability: 2).

    5. [S6176] Obituary, Vail, Edwin, 72, none. (Reliability: 2).

    6. [S6170] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Vail, Verdie V and Bessie A., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5023344/verdie-vergustus-vail), none. (Reliability: 2).

    7. [S6183] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Williams, Verna V., 85, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19301148/verna-victoria-williams), none. (Reliability: 2).

    8. [S5037] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Vail, Virginia, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=162655829), none. (Reliability: 2).


 

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