Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Bruce Benton Langfitt, Jr.    
                Born: 1910                  1
                Died: Aug-12-1950          in Korea  1
              Buried:                      in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA  2
             Resided:                      in Los Angeles, CA  1
              Census: 1940                 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA  
             Resided: 1935                 in Salem, WV  3
              Census: 1930                 in Kanawha Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1930                 school teacher  4
            Military: Feb-12-1950 - Aug-12-1950 Warrant Officer, US Army (Korean War, killed in action)  2,1
              Father: Bruce Benton Langfitt   (1874 - 1959) 
              Mother: Ada Marion Jones   (1878 - 1964) 
                Wife: Helen Bohnert     
       Also known as: Helen Bohnard 
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Charles B. Langfitt      
                Born: Jun-10-1932          in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV  5
                Died: Oct- 7-2012          in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV  6
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  7
             Resided:                      in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  7
             Resided: 1959                 in Salem, WV  8
              Census: 1940                 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV   (see note 1)
          Occupation:                      WV ABC Commission, WV Dept of Hwys; mayor of West Union  9
           Education:                      Salem H.S., Salem College (BA in English, 1957)  7,9,10
            Military:                      Captain, U.S. Army Reserves (23 yrs), active duty 1953-1955  9,10
                Wife: Elizabeth Jane "Betty Jane" Smith  b. Apr-25-1923  d. Sep-29-2005  
         Census name: Bettie J. Smith 
             Married: Dec-23-1955           11,12
           M Child 2: Donn Keith Langfitt      
                Born: ca 1933               
             Resided: 2012                 in Fredericksburg, VA  13
             Resided: 1959                 in Franklin, Macon Co, NC  8
              Census: 1940                 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV   (see note 2)
           M Child 3: Herbert Edgar Langfitt      
       Also known as: Edgar Herbert Langfitt 14
                Born: Aug- 1-1939          in Louisiana  14,3
                Died: Dec-27-2009           14
             Resided:                      in Odessa, Ector Co, TX  14,13
             Resided: 1959                 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo Co, NM  8
              Census: 1940                 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA  

Sources:
(1) National Archives and Records Administration, Korean War Casualties, 1950-1957 (database online at Ancestry.com) 
(2) National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites (www.ancestry.com) 
(3) 1940 Census. 
(4) 1930 Census, Kanawha County, WV. 
(5) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. 
(6) Obituary - United Hospital Center. 
(7) Obituary. 
(8) Obituary of paternal grandfather. 
(9) West Union Herald-Record, 6/27/2006. 
(10) West Union Herald, 10/3/1957. 
(11) Obituary of wife. 
(12) Obituary of husband. 
(13) Obituary of brother. 
(14) Social Security Death Index. 

Event Notes
Note (1) In household of paternal grandparents.
Note (2) Listed as Donald L. (?) Langfitt, 6, a ward of Charles B. Bohnert, 72,
widowed.  The only other household member was a servant, Ruby Hamilton, 26.







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