Virginia Kingsbury Longyear
Military
Nurse
298th General Hospital
Frenchay Park, Bristol, UK
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Object Number - UPL 48996 - 1LT Virginia K. Longyear Nurse 298th General Hospital Frenchay Park, Bristol, UK
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Hospital
- Type Category: Medical
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Lansing, Michigan | 1 October 1917 | |
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Other Waded Ashore |
Omaha Beach, France | 21 July 1944 | |
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Other Based |
Cherbourg, France | 21 July 1944 - 28 October 1944 | |
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Died |
Cape Coral, Florida | 21 March 2001 | Virginia Kingsbury Longyear Binder, 83, of Lovington died at 10:40 a.m. Wednesday (March 21, 2001) at Lee Memorial Health System, Cape Coral, Fla. Virginia was born on October 1, 1917, in Lansing, Michigan the daughter of Robert E. and Adelaide Swan Longyear. She was a graduate of Centennial High School in Lansing, Michigan and attended Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI. She served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corp and was stationed in Bristol, England, Cherbourg, France, Liege, Belgium. She was a registered nurse for the Arthur Nursing Home, Arthur, IL. She was a homemaker, and belonged to the Lovington United Methodist Church, past member of the Church Board of Trustees, Lovington Unit of the Moultrie County Home Extension, American Legion 429 Auxiliary, Lovington, VFW Arthur-Lovington Post 11456. She was active in the Lovington Women's Club, PTA and Moultrie County Extension Board. She served as a cub scout leader, girl scout leader and 4-H leader for many years. She married Raymond Binder on February 20, 1948, in Lansing, MI. |
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Buried |
Lovington, Illinois | 26 March 2001 | Keller Cemetery Lovington, Moultrie County, Illinois, USA |
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Other Based |
Frenchay Park, Bristol, UK | ||
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Other Based |
Alleur, Belgium |
