Individual Details

Ross Pierson Kirkpatrick

(9 Jun 1923 - 23 Jul 1980)

Name: Ross P Kirkpatrick
Birth Year: 1923
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Indiana
State of Residence: Indiana
County or City: Decatur
Enlistment Date: 11 Feb 1943
Enlistment State: Indiana
Enlistment City: Indianapolis
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or
other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion
of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 2 years of college
Civil Occupation: Plumbers, gas fitters, and steam fitters
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 68
Weight: 170
Source Information: National Archives and Records Administration.
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line].
Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

Greensburg Daily News, Greensburg, Indiana, Friday, July 25, 1980: Ross P. Kirkpatrick, 57, former resident of Greensburg, died suddenly at his home in Indianapolis Wednesday. Mr. Kirkpatrick was born June 9, 1923, in Greensburg, the son of Cliff and Gladys Kirkpatrick. He graduated from Greensburg High School in 1941, served in World War II in the South Pacific theater and the occupation of Japan and graduated from Purdue in 1949, majoring in forestry. He worked for the Indiana State Highway Commission and then 27 years in the Allison Division of Detroit Diesel in Indianapolis. He married Ruth Templeton in 1953 and she survives, with a son, Paul, at home; two daughters: Carol Handley, Des Moines, Iowa, and Diane Gill, Cleveland, Ohio; two brothers: John W Kirkpatrick, Indianapolis and Charles Kirkpatrick, W. Lafayette. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the 30th St. Wesleyan Methodist Church in Indianapolis. Visitation will be held this afternoon from 5 to 9 p.m. in the Flanner Buchanan Chapel on High School Road.

Events

Birth9 Jun 1923Greensburg, Decatur Co., Indiana
Marriage1953Ruth E. Templeton
Death23 Jul 1980Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana
Alt nameRoss Kirkpatrick
BurialUnknown

Families

SpouseRuth E. Templeton ( - 1980)
ChildCarol Ellen Kirkpatrick (1954 - )
ChildPaul Thomas Kirkpatrick (1957 - )
ChildDianne Nadine Kirkpatrick (1959 - )
FatherClifford Pearl Kirkpatrick (1885 - 1961)
MotherGladys Lucille Feaster (1891 - 1975)
SiblingJohn William Kirkpatrick (1911 - 1988)
SiblingCharles Milton Kirkpatrick (1915 - 2003)

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