Willis Wayne Stanford
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ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON DECEMBER 9, 1945 AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. SELECTED FOR THE BI ARM OF SERVICE, COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AND QUALIFIED IN THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY OF HORSE BREAKER (093). DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON MAY 14, 1946 BOUND FOR THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. COMPLETED HIS TOUR OF DUTY ENGAGED IN TRAINING HORSES WITH THE HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT OF A UNIT IN THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ON JANUARY 12, 1947 AT THE SEPARATION CENTER, FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS. EARNED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.
(This information and the picture at the upper right 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.)
World War II Memorial
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CISNE - Willis W. "Willie" Stanford
73, oil field construction worker, died Wednesday (Feb. 14, 2001).
Services: 3 p.m. Saturday, Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora.
Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday.
Burial: Foster Hill (Mount Zion) Cemetery, Clay City. Memorials: donor's choice.
Herald & Review (Decatur, IL) - Friday, February 16, 2001
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ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON DECEMBER 9, 1945 AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. SELECTED FOR THE BI ARM OF SERVICE, COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AND QUALIFIED IN THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY OF HORSE BREAKER (093). DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON MAY 14, 1946 BOUND FOR THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. COMPLETED HIS TOUR OF DUTY ENGAGED IN TRAINING HORSES WITH THE HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT OF A UNIT IN THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ON JANUARY 12, 1947 AT THE SEPARATION CENTER, FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS. EARNED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.
(This information and the picture at the upper right 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.)
World War II Memorial
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CISNE - Willis W. "Willie" Stanford
73, oil field construction worker, died Wednesday (Feb. 14, 2001).
Services: 3 p.m. Saturday, Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora.
Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday.
Burial: Foster Hill (Mount Zion) Cemetery, Clay City. Memorials: donor's choice.
Herald & Review (Decatur, IL) - Friday, February 16, 2001
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Willis Wayne Stanford
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ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON DECEMBER 9, 1945 AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. SELECTED FOR THE BI ARM OF SERVICE, COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AND QUALIFIED IN THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY OF HORSE BREAKER (093). DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON MAY 14, 1946 BOUND FOR THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. COMPLETED HIS TOUR OF DUTY ENGAGED IN TRAINING HORSES WITH THE HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT OF A UNIT IN THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ON JANUARY 12, 1947 AT THE SEPARATION CENTER, FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS. EARNED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.
(This information and the picture at the upper right 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.)
World War II Memorial
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CISNE - Willis W. "Willie" Stanford
73, oil field construction worker, died Wednesday (Feb. 14, 2001).
Services: 3 p.m. Saturday, Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora.
Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday.
Burial: Foster Hill (Mount Zion) Cemetery, Clay City. Memorials: donor's choice.
Herald & Review (Decatur, IL) - Friday, February 16, 2001
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ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON DECEMBER 9, 1945 AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. SELECTED FOR THE BI ARM OF SERVICE, COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AND QUALIFIED IN THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY OF HORSE BREAKER (093). DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON MAY 14, 1946 BOUND FOR THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. COMPLETED HIS TOUR OF DUTY ENGAGED IN TRAINING HORSES WITH THE HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT OF A UNIT IN THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ON JANUARY 12, 1947 AT THE SEPARATION CENTER, FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS. EARNED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.
(This information and the picture at the upper right 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.)
World War II Memorial
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CISNE - Willis W. "Willie" Stanford
73, oil field construction worker, died Wednesday (Feb. 14, 2001).
Services: 3 p.m. Saturday, Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora.
Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday.
Burial: Foster Hill (Mount Zion) Cemetery, Clay City. Memorials: donor's choice.
Herald & Review (Decatur, IL) - Friday, February 16, 2001
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