Eytchison, Vernon Leland 'Ike'

1924 - 2007  (82 years)

• Name	Eytchison, Vernon Leland 'Ike'
  Birth	30 Oct 1924
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	EYTC.V001
  _FGRAVE	40150783
  Military Service	World War II, Sergeant, 785th Army Air Forces Base Unit, United States Army Air Forces  [1]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on February 9, 1943 at Chicago, Illinois. Completed basic training and qualified as a cryptographic technician, military occupational specialty 805. Departed the U.S. on December 15, 1944 bound for the Atlantic Theater of Operations. Earned The Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal and The WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged from the 785th Army Air Forces Base Unit as a Sergeant on March 19, 1946 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: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2002596
  		World War II Honoree, Eytchison, Vernon L. (1924-2007)
  		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 Air Forces
  		United States Army Air Forces
  		Sergeant, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores (Sep 1942-Aug 1948) NOTE: The three stripe Sergeant Insignia was not used during the Korean War
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  Death	23 Apr 2007	Homewood at Crumland Farms, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland
  Burial	Old Union Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois
  Person ID	I43667	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Eytchison, Oval Victor,   b. 1891   d. 1966 (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Kesterson, Daphne,   b. 1891   d. 1982 (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F19229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Old Union Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Frederick, Md. Vernon L. "Ike" Eytchison, 82, of Frederick, Md., formerly of both Silver Spring and Bethesda, Md., died Monday, April 23, 2007, at Homewood at Crumland Farms, Frederick, Md. A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday in the chapel at Homewood at Crumland Farms, 7407 Willow Road, Frederick, Md., with the Rev. Beverly Stang officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to U.S. Synchronized Swimming Foundation, 201 S. Capitol Ave., Suite 901, Indianapolis, IN 46225. Arrangements are by Stauffer Funeral Home, Frederick, Md. Effingham Daily News, The (IL) - Thursday, April 26, 2007

  
  

• Sources

  [S15395] World War II Honoree, Vernon L. Eytchison, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2002596) (Reliability: 2).