Individual Details

U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: William Clarence Short
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 21
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 18 Oct 1918
Birth Place: Panama, Missouri, USA
Residence Place: Napa, Napa, California, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Employer: Louis Wurz
Weight: 158
Complexion: Light Brown
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 9
Next of Kin: Minnie Short
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U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: William Short
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 19 Oct 1918
Death Date: 29 Mar 2010
Branch 1: NAVY
Enlistment Date 1: 15 Jun 1942
Release Date 1: 20 Jul 1945

The Daily World, Aberdeen, Washington, Saturday, April 3, 2010: Longtime Harborite William Clarence Short died Monday, March 29, 2010, at RooLan Healthcare in Lacey. He was 91. He was a member of the U.S. Navy serving in the South Pacific Theater during World War II and later worked as an electrician for 64 years before retiring.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 17, at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 1515 W. Main St. in Elma. Arrangements with Funeral Alternatives of Washington in Tumwater.

Birth	19 Oct 1918	Panama, Vernon Co., Missouri
Marriage	20 Jan 1946	Hoquiam, Grays Harbor Co., Washington - Ruth Hedman
Death	29 Mar 2010	Lacey, Thurston Co., Washington
Burial		Unknown

Spouse

Ruth Hedman (1922 - )

Father	John "Henry" Short (1880 - 1972)
Mother	Minnie Ellen Wine (1891 - 1966)
Sibling	Emory Mansell Albert Short (1912 - 2000)
Sibling	Elmer David Short (1914 - 1953)
Sibling	Earnest M Short (1920 - 1969)
Sibling	Anna Irene Short (1923 - 1995)
Sibling	Wilmer Hubert Short (1925 - 2012)
Sibling	Robert O. Short (1927 - )
Sibling	Edith Imogene Short (1929 - )
Sibling	Delbert Franklin Short (1931 - 1988)
Sibling	Melvin Ray Short (1936 - 2014)