Col. John Wassell CrockettAge: 79 years1907–1986
- Name
- Col. John Wassell Crockett
- Name prefix
- Col.
- Given names
- John Wassell
- Surname
- Crockett
 Birth | June 5, 1907 32 25 |
 Military | WW II Agency: U.S. Army |
 Census | April 21, 1910 (Age 2 years) |
 Birth of a sister | Sadie Melvina Crockett December 12, 1910 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Charles VanBuren Crockett December 13, 1913 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 8 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 9 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 10 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 15, 1920 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a father | Robert Milton Crockett July 25, 1925 (Age 18 years) Cause: Tuberculosis |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John P Crockett June 7, 1929 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 22 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
 Marriage | Elizabeth White — View this family August 1930 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Melvina Pamelia Thompson May 18, 1935 (Age 27 years) Cause: Cardiac Arrhythmia |
| Census | April 23, 1940 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a mother | Lola V “Lady V” Wassell June 14, 1968 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a brother | Charles VanBuren Crockett September 29, 1976 (Age 69 years) |
 Death | July 11, 1986 (Age 79 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Orient Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Robert Milton Crockett Birth: May 17, 1875 23 18 — Missouri, United States Death: July 25, 1925 — Colorado, United States |
| mother |
Lola V “Lady V” Wassell Birth: February 16, 1882 29 27 — Illinois, United States Death: June 14, 1968 — Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Marriage: June 16, 1903 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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4 years himself |
Col. John Wassell Crockett Birth: June 5, 1907 32 25 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: July 11, 1986 |
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7 years younger brother |
Charles VanBuren Crockett Birth: December 13, 1913 38 31 — California, Moniteau, Missouri, United States Death: September 29, 1976 — Denver, Colorado, United States |
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-3 years younger sister |
Sadie Melvina Crockett Birth: December 12, 1910 35 28 — Moniteau, Missouri, United States Death: May 30, 2003 — California, United States |
| Family with Elizabeth White |
| himself |
Col. John Wassell Crockett Birth: June 5, 1907 32 25 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: July 11, 1986 |
| wife |
Elizabeth White Birth: November 1, 1905 — Missouri, United States Death: 1997 |
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Marriage: August 1930 — |
Col. John Wassell Crockett has 8 first cousins recorded
Father's family (4)
Parents Edward Lee O'Neal + Mary Belle “Mollie” Crockett
Parents Eugene Richard Taylor + Cornelia N Crockett
Mother's family (4)
Parents Ashley Oberon Kueckelhan + Emily “Emma” Wassell
Parents Warren Thompson Wassell + Alice “Allie” L Oliver
| Military | ARMY WWII NORMANDY LANDING & BATTLE OF
BULGE. BRONZE STAR,ARMY COMMENDATION
MEDAL DIRECT ORDER OF GEN. DWIGHT
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Robert Milton Crockett - Household
California, Moniteau, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Robert Milton Crockett - Household
California, Moniteau, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Col. John Wassell Crockett - Household
Ferguson, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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