Gregg Co., TX - Military - Wilbur Kenneth Abney

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Wilbur Kenneth Abney
Son of Roy and Marion Abney
Attended Longview High School
Entered the Air Corps in 1943
Commissioned at William's Field, Arizona

**Buried at Grace Hill Cemetery  Longview, Gregg Co, Texas**

Name: Wilbur K Abney
Birth Year: 1925
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: Washington
State: Texas
County or City: Gregg

Enlistment Date: 24 Mar 1943
Enlistment State: Mississippi
Enlistment City: Keesler Field Biloxi
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: Student Codes 0x, 2x, 4x and 6x as pertain to students will
be converted, for machine records purposes, to the code number 992.
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 00
Weight: 000


***Note***
His brother, Jack W. Abney was also in WWII.