Doddridge County Roots


A West Virginia Genealogy

First Name Last Name
Oakley E. HESS

Oakley E. HESS

Male 1915 - 1944  (28 years)


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  • Name Oakley E. HESS
    Birth 18 Aug 1915  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Military (ENLISTED 1/15/1942)  [2, 3, 4] 
    2nd Lt, US Army Air Corps, World War II (MIA between Labrador & Iceland) 
    Education Pennsboro H.S., West Virginia University (1938)  [2, 5] 
    Residence 1942  Mole Hill (now Mountain), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 1 Mar 1944  World War II Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Burial 15 Jan 1948  Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7, 8] 
    Person ID I107876  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2016

    Father Elden E. HESS,   b. CA 1876, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Mother Rose Mary MCCULLOUGH,   b. CA 1879, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F45229  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Roena Mae SUMMERS,   b. 21 Jan 1921, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1994, DeKalb Co, GA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Marriage 14 Apr 1942  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F45228  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    107876_OakleyEHess_WestVirginiaUniversity_1938.jpg
    107876_OakleyEHess_WestVirginiaUniversity_1938.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.

    2. [S2582] West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database, (http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html).

    3. [S2512] U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    4. [S1978] National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, (www.ancestry.com).

    5. [S2723] Yearbook photo.

    6. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    7. [S2704] U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 [database online], (Ancestry.com and Office of Quartermaster General (National Archives)).

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.