Cecil Hubert GERKIN ¹

  General Notes:

WWII ARMY ENLISTMENT RECORDS, 1938-1946:
Name: Cecil H Gerkin
Birth Year: 1919
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Indiana
State of Residence: Indiana
Enlistment Date: 22 Mar 1946
Enlistment State: Indiana
Enlistment City: Indianapolis
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade Code: Technician 5th Grade Equivalent to Grade 6: Corporal
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for Hawaiian Department
Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Education: Grammar school
Marital Status: Married
Height: 09
Weight: 210

KY, DEATH INDEX, 1911-2000:
Name: Cecil H Gerkin
Death Date: 18 Nov 1997
Death Place: Hopkinsville
Age: 78
Residence: Christian
Volume: 61
Certificate: 30381

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: Cecil Hubert Gerkin
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1919
Birth Place: Martin County, Indiana, United States of America
Death Date: 18 Nov 1997
Inscription: SFC US ARMY
Death Place: Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, United States of America
Cemetery: Green Hill Memorial Gardens
Burial or Cremation Place: Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y
Father: Jonathan Gerkin
Mother: Della Gerkin
Spouse: Halleena Clutts St. Clair
Children: Lannie Wayman Gerkin

Cecil married Della Helleena MERRY, daughter of Milton James MERRY and Nora Opal BLACKWELL, on 20 May 1939. (Della Helleena MERRY was born on 23 May 1923 in Spice Valley Twp, Lawrence Co, IN,^{3 4 5} died on 1 Oct 2011 in Loogotee, Daviess Co, IN ^{4 5} and was buried in Mt. Union Cem, Shoals, Martin Co, IN ¹.)

Cecil next married Martha Belle McCORMICK, daughter of William Ellis McCORMICK and Jessie Mae MERRY, on 7 Jan 1947 in Salem, Washington Co, IN.¹ (Martha Belle McCORMICK was born on 11 Jun 1917 in Northwest Twp, Orange Co, IN,^{1 3} died on 17 Oct 1988 in Trigg Co, KY ² and was buried in Green Hill Memorial Gardens, Hopkinsville, Christian Co, KY ¹.)