Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameCletis Weldon BROWN
Birth15 Aug 1919, Union County, Kentucky1367,1368,1369
MemoBea says Nov 15; Clifton research 15 Aug 1919
Death22 Jul 1968, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana1370,1371
Burial24 Jul 1968, Locust Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Indiana
OccupationSteel manufacturing - International Steel for 26 yrs.
Education4th grade
Alias/AKAWeldon; Cletus; Cletus W.
FatherJohn William BROWN (1867-1949)
MotherNora Lee SHIELDS (1880-1925)
Spouses
Birth6 Dec 1919, Dixon, Webster County, Kentucky1016,1372,5
Death26 Sep 1987, Henderson County, Kentucky175,1016,1372,5
BurialFairmont Cemetery, Henderson, Kentucky1372
Marriageabt 1941
Divorcebef 1952
Census notes for Cletis Weldon BROWN
1930 Kentucky, Union County, Magisterial District 5, E.D. 113-10, sheet 21A
Boxville/Bordley Rd., dwelling 390, family 391
Moffit, Mollie, head, owns, worth $600, yes radio, female, white, age 65, widow, cannot read or write, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
Brown, John, brother, male, white, age 60, widower, can read and write, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky, farmer, general farm
--------, Edna, niece, female, white, age 16, single, can read and write, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
--------, Weldon, nephew, male, white, age 11, single, can read and write, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
--------, Clifton, nephew, male, white, age 9, single, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky

1940 Kentucky, Union County, Magisterial District 5, Sturgis, E.D. 113-15, sheet 1A, stamped page 172
household 5, rents $8
Stone, Jack, head, male, white, age 33, married, born Kentucky, lived in same house in 1935, W.P.A. rock quarrying
-------, Lillian, wife, female, white, age 22, married 2nd grad, born Kentucky, lived in Boxville in 1935
-------, Charles, son, male, white, age 12, single, 3rd grade, born Kentucky, lived in same house 1935
-------, Martha, daughter, female, white, age 4, single, born Kentucky
Brown, Weldon, lodger, male, white, age 24, single, 4th grade, born Kentucky, lived in Boxville in 1935, farm laborer
Military notes for Cletis Weldon BROWN
Name: Cletus W Brown
Name (Original): BROWN CLETUS W
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: 29 Jun 1944
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Event Place: Ft Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, United States
Residence Place:
Race: White
Citizenship Status: citizen
Birth Year: 1919
Birthplace: KENTUCKY
Education Level: Grammar school
Civilian Occupation: Semiskilled welders and flame cutters
Marital Status: Married
Military Rank: Private
Army Branch: No branch assignment
Army Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source Reference: Civil Life
Serial Number: 35845443
Affiliate Publication Title: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946
Affiliate ARC Identifier: 1263923
Box Film Number: 10005.62



Citing this Record:
"United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8PW-TRG : 5 December 2014), Cletus W Brown, enlisted 29 Jun 1944, Ft Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
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