Pilson, Vernon Hugh

1920 - 1989  (69 years)

• Name	Pilson, Vernon Hugh
  Birth	15 Mar 1920	Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	PILS.V001
  _FGRAVE	154857782
  Military Service	World War II, Private First Class, Headquarters Company, East Coast Personnel Center, Service Command Unit 1114, United States Army  [2]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on December 3, 1942 at Scott Field, Illinois. Completed basic training and qualified in the military occupational specialty of Clerk/Typist (MOS 405). Departed the Continental U.S. on October 6, 1942 bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations. Served with unknown units in the Northern Solomons Campaign. Returned stateside on February 22, 1944 and reassigned to Headquarters Company, East Coast Personnel Center, Service Command Unit 1114. Honorably discharged as a Private First Class on January 13, 1946 at the Separation Center, Fort Devens, Massachusetts. Earned the Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign with 1 bronze battle star, and the WWII Victory Medal. 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=2283317
  		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
  		Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		Military Service Ribbons, Pilson, Vernon Hugh (1920-1989) 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)
  		Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War II
  		Fort Devens, Massachusetts
  		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, Pilson, Vernon H. (1920-1989)
  Death	17 Jun 1989	Los Angeles County, California
  Burial	Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California   [3]
  	INational Shrine Lawn, Section 7, Lot 1130
  		Headstone, Vernon Hugh
  Person ID	I26794	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Pilson, Beecher,   b. 1896, Illinois
  Mother	?, Ellen M.,   b. 1901, Illinois
  Family ID	F11515	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 Mar 1920 - Illinois Death - 17 Jun 1989 - Los Angeles County, California Burial - - Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  In the 1940 census, he is listed as Hugh V. Pilson

  
  

• Sources

  [S4060] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-3) (Village), image 20, page 10a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00053?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 3). [S14823] https://www.wwiimemorial.com/, World War II Honoree, Vernon H. Pilson, (https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2283317) (Reliability: 2). [S7575] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Vernon Hugh, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=154857782), none. (Reliability: 2).