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Robert Wilson DEVERICKS

Robert Wilson DEVERICKS

Male 1919 - 2015  (95 years)

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  • Name Robert Wilson DEVERICKS 
    Buried SECTION C3 PLOT 254  West Virginia National Cemetery, Pruntytown, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Born 1 Apr 1919  Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1920, 1930  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • We have found no record of his whereabouts for the 1940 Census.
    Residence 1941  Preston Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Military From 6 Jan 1941 to Oct 1945  [1, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    SGT, US Army, World War II, Pacific (WIA, 2 Purple Hearts) 
    • There is a discrepancy regarding when and where Robert Wilson Devericks entered military service. His entry in "Young American Patriots, 1941-1945" states 26 May 1939 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. But his Army enlistment record states that he enlisted on 6 January 1941 at Terra Alta in Preston County WV, with his residence stated as Preston County and his occupation as an attendant at a hospital or other institution. Terra Alta at that time was the location of the West Virginia state tuberculosis sanitarium. His enlistment record indicated that he had been in the National Guard.

      On 11 April 1945 and again on 2 June 1945, Robert W. Devericks was wounded in action at Okinawa, Japan. At least the second injury was the result of a land mine. He sustained puncture wounds and compound fractures of his lower leg (patella) and hand. Treatment included removal of bone fragments, closing of the wounds, and application of splints or casts. He was administered penicillin therapy and remained in the convalescent hospital until October 1945, pending medical discharge. He returned to the U.S. before 30 Oct 1945, on which date his military draft registration showed his residence as Clarksburg. His obituary states his service dates as 1941 to 1946.

      His military awards included two Purple Hearts, six Bronze Star Medals, Good Conduct Medal, Victory Medal, American Defense Service Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, and Philippine Islands Liberation Medal.
    Census 1950  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Education Doddridge County schools  [7] 
    Occupation barber  [8, 9] 
    Residence North View (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 10] 
    Residence Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 10, 11, 12] 
    Died 22 Jan 2015  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Person ID I18696  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Jun 2022 

    Father Albert Jefferson DEVERICKS,   b. 1862, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1944  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Cora Belle BARKER,   b. 18 Oct 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1946  (Age 66 years) 
    Family ID F6823  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thelma Byrle NICHOLSON,   b. 21 Dec 1921, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 2011  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 25 Jun 1938  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Children 
     1. Ferrold Eugene DEVERICKS,   b. 11 Feb 1939, Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 2016, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     2. Living
    Documents
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    Family ID F10221  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    3. [S2708] World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    4. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4, p. 47.
      Identified as Robert Wilson Devericks, b. Apr 1 1919 at New Milton, son of Albert J. Devericks & Cora Barker.

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

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

    7. [S1756] Young American Patriots: The Youth of West Virginia in World War II, (National Publishing Co, Richmond, VA, 1946), p. 234.

    8. [S1115] Newspaper anniversary announcement.

    9. [S288] 1950 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    10. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    11. [S1610] Obituary of half-brother.

    12. [S1612] Obituary of half-sister.

    13. [S1700] Obituary - Nursing home.

    14. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 124.
      Identified as Wilson Devericks, 19, b. Doddridge Co, res. at Avon WV; and Miss Thelma Nicholson, 17, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Jun 25 1938 in West Union. (Note: Newspaper anniversary announcement in Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram of Jul 25 2004 states marriage date as Jun 25 1939, but marriage record shows it to be Jun 25 1938.)