Hemphill, Harry James

1919 - 2005  (86 years)

• Name	Hemphill, Harry James
  Birth	11 Feb 1919  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	HEMP.H002
  _FGRAVE	18289874
  Military Service	World War II, Carpenter's Mate Second Class, Company A, 76th Naval Construction Battalion, United States Navy  [2]
  	Enlisted in the Navy on October 23, 1943. After training at Camp Perry, Virginia served with the Sea Bees 76th Naval Construction Battalion, Company A, Second Platoon in the Pacific Theater of Operations as a Carpenter's Mate First Class. Landed on the Island of Guam five days after it was secured by the Marines. Engaged in building airstrips, docks and warehouses. Honorably discharged on December 16, 1945. 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=1839912
  		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 Navy
  		Harry James Hemphill (1919-2005)
  		United States Navy
  		United States Navy Enlisted Rates
  		World War II Honoree, Hemphill, Harry James (1919-2005)
  		Seabee, United States Navy
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Camp Peary, Williamsburg, Virginia
  		Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War II
  		Seabees in World War II
  Death	17 May 2005  [1]
  Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Hemphill, Mary Maye (Mitchell) and Harry James
  Person ID	I28217	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Hemphill, Harry,   b. 1902   d. 1956 (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Martin, Iris,   b. 1903   d. 1964 (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F10208	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mitchell, Mary Maye,   b. 3 Apr 1920, Clay County, Illinois d. 24 Sep 2016 (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	24 May 1941	St. Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri
  Children	+ 1. Hemphill, Donna L.,   b. 24 Jan 1943   d. 21 Aug 1991 (Age 48 years)   2. Hemphill, K. > 3. Hemphill, R.
  Family ID	F12043	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 24 May 1941 - St. Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri Burial - - Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S8177] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Hemphill, Mary Maye (Mitchell) and Harry James, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170513463/mary-maye-hemphill), none. (Reliability: 2). [S7634] World War II Honoree, Harry James Hemphill, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1839912) (Reliability: 2).