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Bertie Owen PERNELL

Bertie Owen PERNELL

Male 1925 - 1969  (44 years)


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  • Name Bertie Owen PERNELL
    Birth 31 Aug 1925  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male
    Military (ENLISTED 1942/43)  [5, 6, 7] 
    US Navy, WW II (minesweeper USS Dextrous AM-341, Mediterranean, Pacific) 
    • Served aboard the minesweeper U.S.S. Dextrous (AM-341) in the Mediterranean in 1943-1944 (Anzio beachhead in preparation for invasion, and southern France) and in the Pacific in 1945-1946 (Pearl Harbor, Guam, and Okinawa in connection with the U.S. 3rd Fleet's final raids on Japan).

      From a news article in the West Union Herald of February 1, 1945:
      "Bertie O. Pernell, S 1/c, has been in the Navy two years. He trained at Great Lakes and has been in active service 14 months. He was in the invasion of Southern France, Italy and other ports in the Mediterranean area. He has reported back to Norfolk, Va., for orders."
    Census 1940  Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Residence Canton, Stark Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence 1951  Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 30 Dec 1969  Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 9] 
    Burial Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Person ID I77454  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 Oct 2014

    Father Nathan Goff PERNELL,   b. Mar 1888, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jun 1971, Ohio Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 83 years)
    Mother Grace Edna SIMS,   b. 9 Jul 1886, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1956, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F33112  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy Ann COULEHAN,   b. 28 Feb 1933, Columbus, Franklin Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1966 (Age 32 years)
    Marriage 5 May 1951  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Divorce Y  [11]
    Family ID F33111  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    4. [S5] Headstone.

    5. [S2598] U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives).

    6. [S2580] U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    7. [S691] West Union Herald, 2/1/1945.

    8. [S2640] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    9. [S2395] Ohio Death Records 1908-1932, 1938-2022 [database online], (Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health).

    10. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    11. [S1967] Record of wife's remarriage.