Sons, Bert

1909 - 1945  (35 years)

• Name	Sons, Bert
  Birth	12 Mar 1909	Wayne County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	SONS.B003
  _FGRAVE	126740208
  Military Service	World War II, Staff Sergeant, United States Army  [1]
  		National Archives & Records Administration War Department Files, Sons, Bert (1909-1945)
  		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,…
  		United States Army
  		Staff Sergeant (abbreviated as S/Sgt.), United States Army and United States Army Air Forces (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  Death	14 Jan 1945	Golbey, France   [1]
  	Cause: Died Non Battle
  	killed while in the Army, there was no war going on at the time. Source: Donna Taylor.
  Burial	Lappin Cemetery, Wayne County, Illinois   [1]
  		Burial Flag, United States Military Veterans
  		Headstone, Sons, Bert
  		Headstone, Sons, Bert
  Person ID	I41732	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Sons - Laird James Elias Sons Sr. and Ellen Laird Descendants
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	Sons, David Nelson 'Nels',   b. 1868, Illinois d. 1948 (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Oehler, Mary Pauline,   b. Oct 1870, Ohio d. 1957, Wayne County, Illinois (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	Y  [2, 3]
  Family ID	F755	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S13115] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Sons, Bert, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126740208/bert-sons), none. (Reliability: 2). [S789] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, Berry Township, Wayne County, Illinois, (District 0015), image 17, sheet 14A, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7884/31111_4328227-00684?pid=6081018&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ss) (Reliability: 2). [S13112] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Manring, J. L. and May, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37810746/may-manring), none. (Reliability: 2).