Fancher, Joseph O.

1926 - 1976  (49 years)

• Name	Fancher, Joseph O.
  Birth	18 Jan 1926
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	FANC.J003
  _FGRAVE	146928772
  Military Service	World War II, Private First Class, Company I, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd 'All American' Airborne Division, United States Army  [1, 2]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on July 21, 1944 at Chicago, Illinois. Completed basic training and qualified in the military occupational specialty of rifleman (745). Departed the U.S. on March 7, 1945 bound for the European Theater of Operations. Assigned to and served with Company I, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd 'All American' Airborne Division in the Central Europe Campaign and into the occupation of Germany. Earned The Combat Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 1 bronze battle star, WWII Victory Medal and The Army Of Occupation Medal (Germany). Honorably discharged as a Private First Class on June 24, 1946 at The Separation Center, Camp Atterbury, Indiana. (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=2065915
  		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,…
  		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, Fancher, Joseph O. (1926-1976)
  Death	11 Jan 1976
  Burial	Mason Union Cemetery, Mason, Effingham County, Illinois
  Person ID	I43674	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Mason Union Cemetery, Mason, Effingham County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S15399] Robert Medley Gatewood, Brochure, Flora, Illinois, World War II Veterans Memorial, page #10, (https://genealogy.carlwgray.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=18791) (Reliability: 2). [S15405] World War II Honoree, Joseph O. Fancher, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2065915) (Reliability: 2).