Hemphill, Charles Monroe

1920 - 1989  (68 years)

• Name	Hemphill, Charles Monroe
  Birth	13 Feb 1920  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	HEMP.C001
  _FGRAVE	21949787
  Military Service	World War II, Master Technical Sergeant, United States Marine Corps  [1, 2]
  	Enlisted and entered active service on September 30, 1941. Served two separate tours in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations. Participated in the capture and defense of Guadalcanal, the consolidation of the southern Solomon Islands, the New Georgia operations, and the amphibious landing and ground support of the invasion of Iwo Jima. Earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four bronze battle stars and the WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as a Master Technical Sergeant on October 10, 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: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=1887447
  		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 Marine Corps
  		United States Marine Corps
  		Master Technical Sergeant, Quartermaster Sergeant, Paymaster Sergeant, Master Steward, Master Cook, Dress Blue Uniform, United States Marine Corps, World War II Source: https://www.uniform-reference.net/insignia/insignia_index.html
  		United States Marine Corps Rank Insignia
  		Military Service Ribbons, Hemphill, Charles Monroe (1920-1989) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		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)
  		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, Hemphill, Charles Monroe (1920-1989)
  Death	15 Jan 1989  [1, 3]
  Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Hemphill, Charles M.
  Person ID	I28221	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2023

  
  

  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	Tolliver, Iva Florence,   b. 25 May 1926, Clay County, Illinois d. 28 Aug 2015, Flora Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	20 Jan 1944	Flora, Clay County, Illinois
  Age at Marriage	He was 23 years and 11 months - She was 17 years and 8 months.
  Children	1. Hemphill, M.   2. Hemphill, T.   3. Hemphill, Charles Vance,   b. 15 Mar 1946, Flora, Clay County, Illinois d. 23 Apr 1980, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 34 years)
  Family ID	F12046	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 20 Jan 1944 - Flora, Clay County, Illinois Burial - - Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S8182] (Reliability: 2). [S7639] (Reliability: 2). [S6356] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Hemphill, William "Bill", 63, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=1041&GScid=105163&GRid=18009091&), none. (Reliability: 2).