Merle M. Becraft
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 16 Jan 1919 1
Christening:
Death: 17 Aug 1998 - Battle Creek, Calhoun Co, MI 1
Burial: in Memorial Park Cemetery, Battle Creek, Calhoun Co, MI 2
Cause of Death:
AFN :
Events
• Soc Sec Num, 366-18-5423
• Census, Federal, 1930 in Bellevue, Eaton Co, MI
Claude Becraft, age 48, born MI; wife Edna M. age 42; daughter Lila B. age 16; son Mere M. age 11.• Military, AAD, 3 Apr 1942 in Kalamazoo, , MI
Army Serial Number: 36196296• Obituary, Battle Creek E, 19 Aug 1998
Name: Becraft, Merle M
Residence: State #2 (Undefined code)
Residence: County 045 (Undefined code)
Place of Enlistment: 6255 (Kalamazoo Michigan)
Date of Enlistment Day: 03
Date of Enlistment Month: 04
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: 62 (MI)
Year of Birth: 19
Race and Citizenship: 1 (White, citizen)
Education: 4 (4 years of high school)
Civilian Occupation: 702 (Semiskilled occupations in manufacture of automobiles, n.e.c.)
Marital Status: 6 (Single, without dependents)
Component of the Army: 7 (Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Card Number: #
Box Number: 1045
Film Reel Number: 5.107
BECRAFT, Merle M; 79; Battle Creek MI; Battle Creek E; 1998-8-19; kburkhea
Parents
Father: Claude Becraft 3
Mother: Edna M. Corning 3
Spouses and Children
1. *Betty I. Sprister
Marriage: 17 Nov 1945 - Climax, WI
Status:
Children:
1. Linda Becraft
Sources
1. U.S. Government, Social Security Death Index. .... Findagrave.com.
2. Findagrave.com.
3. Joanne Murray (lajkam@gmail.com), The Becraft Family of Morehouse (http://hamilton.nygenweb.net/bios/Becraft1.html).