Walter Lester Douglass

1906 - 1980  (74 years)

• Name	Walter Lester Douglass  [1, 2]
  Birth	30 Oct 1906	Fountain County, Indiana
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Nov 1980	74 Years Old; Walter Reed Medical Center, Washington D.C.
  Burial	Dec 1980	Arlington National Cemetery, Washington D.C.
  Person ID	I153934	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Walter Melvin Douglass,   b. 30 Sep 1883, New Market, Montgomery County, Indiana d. 8 May 1952, 3 Cronkhite St, Danville, Vermillion Co, Illinois, USA (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Mabel Neville Brooks,   b. 13 Sep 1884, Covington, Fountain County, Indiana d. 19 Jan 1963, Danville, Vermilion Co., Illinois, USA (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	22 Dec 1900	Fountain County, Indiana
  Family ID	F59308	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He never married. NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: DANVILLE, VERMILLION COUNTY, ILLINOIS "SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1949 W.L. Douglass Ends 20 - Year Army Career "Jobs were scarce during the depression, so I thought the best thingto do would be to enter the Army," said Walter L. Douglas, son of Mr.and Mrs. Walter M. Douglas, 3 Cronkhite St. Douglas joined the Armyin August, 1928, and last week, 20 years later, he retired from theAir Force at Chanute Field (near Champaign, Illinois) and received aletter of merit from the commanding general there. Douglas attended Danville High School (Vermillion County, Illinois)and worked as helper at the C&EI shops prior to his military service.Before World War 2, he served in the Phillipine Islands and duringhostilities served four years in Alaska. He saw service in theAsiatic-Pacific, and European Theaters after the war. He has served at various bases throughout the United States andattended aircraft mechanics school at Chanute Field, Douglas Aircraft,Santa Monica, Calif., and the Boeing B29 school at Seattle, Wash. "I liked my Army life and where my duties took me, which waspractically all over the world, but the day I retired was the best dayof my career," the 42 year-old Douglas commented." [Transcribed 30January 2006, SLJuhl] Please check this: _MDCL: CONC for some time, and sought care at the veterans facility, Walter Reed _MDCL: CONC Medical Center. (Medical):Hepatic Failure for one year duration prior to death. He had been ill

  
  

• Sources

  [S62] Walter Lester Douglass, Newspaper Article, Sunday, February 13, 1949 (Reliability: 3). [S63] Walter Lester Douglass -- Death Certificate, November 30, 1980 (Reliability: 3).