Welty, John A. 'Jack'

1936 - 1990  (53 years)

• Name	Welty, John A. 'Jack'
  Birth	5 Dec 1936  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	WELT.J004
  _FGRAVE	21120993
  Military Service	Specialist Fourth Class, United States Army  [1]
  		United States Army Emblem Prior to the establishment of the "Department of the Army Emblem", there was no official display item to identify the Army. The Seal had traditionally been used to authenticate documents only and was not authorized for public display. In recognizing the need to provide a display item, the Secretary of the Army approved the emblem design as the…
  		United States Army
  		Specialist (SPC) (E4), United States Army (1985-2019) Initially, Specialist 3rd Class (SP3) (E-3), United States Army, (Mar 1955 - Sep 1959) Later, Specialist 4th Class (SP4) (E-4), United States Army, (Sep 1958 - 1985) Can manage other enlisted Soldiers of lower rank. Has served a minimum of two years and attended a specific training class to earn this promotion. People enlisting with a…
  		Specialist (Rank) Specialist is a military rank in some countries’ armed forces. In the United States Armed Forces, it is one of the four junior enlisted ranks in the U.S. Army, above private (PVT), private (PV2), and private first class and is equivalent in pay grade to corporal. In the U.S. Space Force it consists of the four junior enlisted ranks, prior to the…
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  Death	16 Mar 1990  [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	Rusk Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Welty, John A.
  Person ID	I20490	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Welty, John,   b. 8 Jan 1912, Illinois d. 2 Mar 1984 (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Smith, Ruby Althea,   b. 15 Sep 1909, Flora, Clay County, Illinois d. 25 Jan 1978, Salem, Marion County, Illinois (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	Y  [4, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F9200	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Rusk Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5624] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Welty, John A., (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21120993), none. (Reliability: 2). [S5618] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Welty, Ruth Ann, 64, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=121&GScid=107793&GRid=24801477&), none. [S5622] Obituary, Owens, Jeannie, 66, none. (Reliability: 2). [S940] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Pool, Glenda Sue, 69, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Pool&GSiman=1&GScid=470198&GRid=161635949&), none. (Reliability: 2). [S5620] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Welty, Ruby and John, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21121015), none. (Reliability: 2). [S5621] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-20), image 22, page 11a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00480?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2).