Oct 22, 2006

Royal Charles Loiselle - WWII enlistment

8 Jan 1943
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA

(key: Column Title | Value | Meaning | )
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER : 36296009
NAME: LOISELLE, ROYAL C
RESIDENCE: STATE: 63 : WISCONSIN
RESIDENCE: COUNTY: 017 : CHIPPEWA
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT: 6359 : MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN
DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY: 08
DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH: 01
DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR: 43
GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION: PVT : Private
GRADE: CODE: 8 : Private:
BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION: B+: Undefined Code
BRANCH: CODE: 00 : Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA:
FIELD USE AS DESIRED: --
TERM OF ENLISTMENT: 5 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
LONGEVITY: ----
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL: 0 : Civil Life
NATIVITY: 63 : WISCONSIN
YEAR OF BIRTH: 10 : ---
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP: 1 : White, citizen
EDUCATION: 4 : 4 years of high school
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION: 949 : SECTION HAND, RAILWAY
MARITAL STATUS: 3 : Separated, with dependents
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY: 7 : Selectees (Enlisted Men)
CARD NUMBER: # : ---
BOX NUMBER: 1061 :-- :
FILM REEL NUMBER: 5.123

Sources: NARA. Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records) ; National Cemetery Administration, "Nationwide Gravesite Locator" Accessed and recorded 25 Apr 2005.

He is believed to have been in a cavalry unit, at least for a time. His son remembers seeing pictures of him with a horse and a saber. One duty station was at Camp McCoy, WI. Royal and his second wife, Helen, are interred at Ft Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.