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Leonard Guy DRAIN

Leonard Guy DRAIN

Male 1918 - 2018  (99 years)

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  • Name Leonard Guy DRAIN 
    Nickname the Old Trapper 
    Born 21 Sep 1918  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Military U.S. Army, World War II (South Pacific), Korea  [1, 3, 4] 
    • Guy Drain was a World War II Veteran of the United States Army, serving in the Marianna Islands in the South Pacific, and was recalled to active duty in 1950 to Fort Campbell, KY, as a medical technician to administer to our Korean War casualties in the Fort Campbell Hospital. He was First Sergeant of Hq. & Hq. Company, 1092d Engr. Bn., West Virginia National Guard of Parkersburg, WV, retiring at the rank of Master Sergeant with thirty years of military service.
    Education Pullman High School (1938)  [4] 
    Occupation farmer, livestock producer  [4] 
    • In 1956 he was employed by the West Virginia Department of Agriculture as manager of the Lamberton Farmers Market, Parkersburg Farmers market and assistant director of the Rural Resources Division, Charleston, WV.
    Residence Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Residence 1938  Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Died 27 Mar 2018  Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Buried IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I17195  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2018 

    Father James Franklin "Frank" DRAIN,   b. 1875, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1957  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Viola Mae SPURGEON,   b. 1 May 1878, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1944, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Family ID F30055  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Virginia Brooks HINZMAN,   b. 16 Apr 1919, Alum Fork, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 2021, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 102 years)  [5, 7, 8] 
    Married 25 Jun 1938  Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Living
    Family ID F6236  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1938 - Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 25 Jun 1938 - Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 27 Mar 2018 - Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1756] Young American Patriots: The Youth of West Virginia in World War II, (National Publishing Co, Richmond, VA, 1946), p. 1082.

    2. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.

    3. [S1754] Pennsboro News, 9/12/2012.

    4. [S14] Obituary.

    5. [S1605] Obituary of wife's sister.

    6. [S1752] Obituary - At home.

    7. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    8. [S1372] Obituary of wife's brother.