#982 Thomas Chedsey Wadsworth

Born: September 18, 1885, Eagle Pass, Maverick, Texas

Died: March 2, 1948, Uvalde, Texas;

Father: #979 Joseph Chedsey Wadsworth

Mother: Francis De La Garza

 m: Ruby Gladys Locklin August 16, 1917, Uvalde Co., Texas

Children:

#1049 Joseph Willard Wadsworth b: November 19, 1918, Uvalde Co., Texas; d: April 1, 1951, Korea; m: Bernice Bertha Scharmer June 6, 1943, Jackson Co, Missouri

#1050 Thomas Chedsey Wadsworth b: August 27, 1926; Uvalde Co., Texas; d: November 7, 1950, Knippa,  Uvalde, Texas

Capt Joseph Willard Wadsworth

Birth:  Nov. 18, 1918

Uvalde County

Texas, USA

Death:  Apr. 1, 1951

Capt US Army Air Force

World War II and Korea

MIA/KIA Korea

Joseph Willard Wadsworth - Son of Thomas Chedsey Wadsworth Sr and Ruby Gladys Locklin.

Brother of Thomas Chedsey Wadsworth Jr.

Joseph married, 6 June 1943 in Jackson Co., MO, Bernice Bertha Scharmer.

Father of Joanne Alice and Judith Marie Wadsworth.

Grandson of Joseph Chedsey Wadsworth & Frances DeLaGarza and Charles Franklin Locklin & Hattie Kirkman.

Joseph enlisted in the US Army Air Corp on 26 Jan 1942 at Kelly Field, TX. He died in a Non-Hostile Aircraft Accident during the Korean War. His body was never recovered.

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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

Name: Joseph W Wadsworth

Birth Year: 1918

Race: White, citizen (White)

Nativity State or Country: Texas

State of Residence: Texas

County or City: Uvalde

Enlistment Date: 26 Jan 1942

Enlistment State: Texas

Enlistment City: Kelly Field

Branch: Air Corps

Branch Code: Air Corps

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: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of

Source: Civil Life

Education: 4 years of high school

Civil Occupation: Farm hands, general farms

Marital Status: Single, without dependents

Height: 70

Weight: 145

Family links:

 Parents:

  Thomas Chedsey Wadsworth (1885 - 1948)

  Ruby Gladys Locklin Wadsworth (1893 - 1965)

 Children:

  Judith Marie Wadsworth Helfant (1948 - 2002)*

 Sibling:

  Joseph Willard Wadsworth (1918 - 1951)

  Thomas Chedsey Wadsworth (1926 - 1950)*

*Calculated relationship

Inscription:

IN MEMORY OF

CAPT. JOSEPH WILLARD

WADSWORTH, U.S.A.F.

PLANE LOST AT SEA

NOV. 18, 1918

APR. 1, 1951

Burial:

Masonic Cemetery

Brackettville

Kinney County

Texas, USA

Notes: Ruby Gladys Locklin August 16, 1917, Uvalde Co., Texas; b: August 31, 1893, San Gabriel, Milam, Texas; d: December 4, 1965, Uvalde, Texas; dau of Charles Franklin and Hattie(Kirkman) Locklin

Lieut Thomas Chedsey Wadsworth, Jr

Birth:  Aug. 27, 1926

Uvalde County

Texas, USA

Death:  Nov. 7, 1950

1LT US Army Air Force

World War II and Korea

KIA Korea

Thomas Chedsey Wadsworth Jr - Son of Thomas Chedsey Wadsworth Sr and Ruby Gladys Locklin.

Brother of Joseph Willard Wadsworth.

Grandson of Joseph Chedsey Wadsworth & Frances DeLaGarza and Charles Franklin Locklin & Hattie Kirkman.

Thomas enlisted in the US Army Air Corp on 1 Feb 1945 at Fort Sam Houston, TX. He died in a Non-Hostile Aircraft Accident during the Korean War.

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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

Name: Thomas C Wadsworth Jr

Birth Year: 1926

Race: White, citizen (White)

Nativity State or Country: Texas

State of Residence: Texas

County or City: Uvalde

Enlistment Date: 1 Feb 1945

Enlistment State: Texas

Enlistment City: Fort Sam Houston

Branch: Air Corps

Branch Code: Air Corps

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: Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status)

Source: Enlisted Reserve or Medical Administrative Corps (MAC) Officer

Education: 4 years of high school

Civil Occupation: Semiskilled switchmen, railroad

Marital Status: Single, without dependents

Height: 08

Weight: 000

Family links:

 Parents:

  Thomas Chedsey Wadsworth (1885 - 1948)

  Ruby Gladys Locklin Wadsworth (1893 - 1965)

 Sibling:

  Joseph Willard Wadsworth (1918 - 1951)*

  Thomas Chedsey Wadsworth (1926 - 1950)

*Calculated relationship

Inscription:

THOMAS C. WADSWORTH Jr

TEXAS

1st LT 8 AF FTR BOMBER GP

WORLD WAR II AM & 2 OLC

AUG 27 1926 ~ NOV 7 1950

Burial:

Masonic Cemetery

Brackettville

Kinney County

Texas, USA