Ellis Kash Becraft

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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          Birth: 26 Aug 1920 - Menifee Co, KY 1
    Christening: 
          Death: 31 Aug 1998 - Jeffersonville, Montgomery Co, KY 2
         Burial: in Machpelah Cemetery, Mt. Sterling, Montgomery Co, KY 3
 Cause of Death: 
           AFN : 
                 

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Events

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• Military, PVT, US Army, WW II
• Military, AAD, 17 Nov 1942 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH

Army Serial Number: 35672905
Name: Becraft, Ellis K
Residence: State #52 (KY)
Residence: County 165 (Menifee)
Place of Enlistment: 5321 (Cincinnati OHIO)
Date of Enlistment Day: 17
Date of Enlistment Month: 11
Date of Enlistment Year: 42
Grade: Alpha Designation: PVT# (Private)
Grade: Code 8
Branch: Alpha Designation: BI# (Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA)
Branch: Code: 00
Term of Enlistment:5 (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)
Longevity: ###
Source of Army Personnel:0 (Civil Life)
Nativity: 52 (KY)
Year of Birth: 20
Race and Citizenship: 1 (White, citizen)
Education: 0 (Grammar school)
Civilian Occupation: 316 (Farm hands, general farms)
Marital Status: 6 (Single, unmarried)
Component of the Army: 7 (Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Card Number: #
Box Number: 0975
Film Reel Number: 5.37#

• Obituary, Lexington Herald-Leader, 1 Sep 1998 in KY

MOUNT STERLING - Ellis Kash Becraft, 78, Jeffersonville, retired farmer, World War II veteran, brother of Jack Becraft, Jeffersonville, died yesterday. ...

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Parents

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         Father: Peter Franklin Becraft
         Mother: Esther Belle Ringo 4

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Notes

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Birth Notes:

Certificate # 85-42412.

Death Notes:

Volume: 050; Certificate: 24679; Death Volume: 1998

Burial Notes:

PVT US ARMY
World War II

General:

Never married according to niece Charlotte Mullins.

Sources

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1. Menifee County, Kentucky Births 1912 (http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymenife/1912men.html). .... www.familytreelegends.com.

2. Ancestry.com (Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning, comp. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present.), Ellis K Becraft d. 31 Aug 1998 at Jeffersnville, age 78, residence Fayette.

3. gravelocator.cem.va.gov.

4. Ancestry.com Family Trees, Middle name "Belle."

1 Menifee County, Kentucky Births 1912 (http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymenife/1912men.html). .... www.familytreelegends.com.

2 Ancestry.com (Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning, comp. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present.), Ellis K Becraft d. 31 Aug 1998 at Jeffersnville, age 78, residence Fayette.

3 gravelocator.cem.va.gov.

4 Ancestry.com Family Trees, Middle name "Belle."