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William Claude Branscum
was born April 16, 1921 in Timbo, Stone County, Arkansas.
Martin & Sarah lived just outside of Fox, this was where Gurtha and Eva were born. Martin and his wife's brothers, Willie and Frank Taylor cut railroad ties during the summer and fall of 1918 in Lafayette County, Arkansas. (This is in south-western corner of Arkansas.) Martin then moved to Willow, Lafayette County and share cropped on the Agee's place. This was where Owen was born. He moved back to Stone County in the fall of 1920 and lived in Happy Holler. Then they moved just south of their Uncle Calvin Broyles place across the Sylamore Creek. Here was where William Claude was born. They moved about two miles west of Blue Mountain School House on Walter Guffy's place for two years, still across the Sylamore Creek.
They moved down on the Sylamore Creek on Goodwin place and this was where Henry Edward was born. They moved to Oklahoma in 1927 and share cropped for Tom Sexton. They built a home across the road south and at the south end of the Sexton place. The first house was across the creek and later they built a new one between the road running south along side the Sexton place and the creek. The house across the creek was converted into a barn. Gurtha and Eva were married in this area.
From Charles Cummings - my brother - The Branscum family lived west of Lovell. I can barely remember that, Uncle Claude got a job there when they started building Reece Air Force Base about 1941.
Name: William C Branscum Birth Year: 1921 Race: White, citizen Nativity State or Country: Arkansas State: California County or City: Ventura Enlistment Date: 14 July 1942 Enlistment State: California Enlistment City: Los Angeles Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Grade: Private Grade Code: Private Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency,He was stationed at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Aurora, Denver County, Colorado
plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise
according to law Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men) Source: Civil Life Education: 1 year of high school Civil Occupation: Automobile Serviceman Marital Status: Single, without dependents Height: 71 Weight: 166 Source Information: National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment
Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc.,
2005. Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946
[Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the
National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National
Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. Description: This database contains information on about 8.3 million men and women who
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(county and state), place of enlistment, enlistment date, grade, army
branch, component, term of enlistment, birthplace, year of birth, race and
citizenship, height and weight, education, and marital status.
He enlisted in the Army and became a medic. He wonted to become a Doctor after the Army.
Assigned to the 35th Infantry Division 134th Infantry Regiment, Medical Detachment ( their motto - All Hell Can't Stop Us ) Assigned to Caption Clyde B. Spinks, Battery Commander 27th Battalion, 7 Regiment, FARTC - Fort Sill Military Base, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma 78th Field Artillery Regiment Verified by Don O. Tohill, 1st Lieutenant, Field Artillery in the European Theater of Operations.Name: William C Branscum Inducted From: California Rank: Private First Class Combat Organization: 134th Infantry 35th Division Death Date: Mar 26 1945 Monument: the Netherlands Last Known Status: Buried
From William L. Beigel, PERSONALIZED WW2 HISTORICAL RESEARCH Task Force Commander, Major General Butler B. Miltonberger arrives at Observation Post. Gives out the following information. The Task Force will consist of 134 Infantry, Company A 60th Engineers, Company A 110th Medical, 161 Field Artillery Battalion, 127 Field Artillery Battalion, 1 Company Tanks, and Company A 654th Tank Destroyer Battalion. Task Force is to relive elements of the 79th Division. Guide and billeting party will go with Major Heffelfinger Assist G-3, to assembly area vicinity of Reinberg. Tactical Force Insertion Point will be at junction of our rd and Hi way. Battalions will IP at 154O, 1610 and 1640 in the order 3, 1, 2. Coronal Miltonberger is to leave at once for 79th Division Observation Post at Rheim. Be prepared to send tactical and billeting ron parties across the river when ordered. TF OP will open in vicinity of Reinberg upon arrival. Only organic Troops will cross the river, no ached trucks. Footrope's will march over. It is expected that we will go into a static position at first. He was buried on March 29, 1945 in Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Holland, Netherlands. Clyde Barnard Spinks was who that identified my Uncle, William C. Branscum body. William C. Branscum William C. Branscum Death. William C. Branscum Burial. Decorations and Awards On June 20, 1945 he was Awarded the Purple Heart
His sister Gurtha Irene Branscum wrote a poem for his mother:
To Mother and Daddy
in Memory of
My Brother
Eva May Branscum Mothers Day to her parents in Memory of Claude.