JOSEPH C. HELVERSON, 67, 4438 Red Oak Lane, Zellwood, died Monday. Born
in Evansville, Ind., he moved to Zellwood from Birmingham, Ala., in
1987. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and a member of Church
of Christ. He was a Mason, a member of Knights of Templar and Royal Arch
Mason, all of Paducah, Ky. He was a member of Disabled American Veterans
and was a Kentucky Colonel. Survivors: wife, Barbara M.; sister, Dorothy
Baker, Elizabethtown, Ky. Rehbaum-Harden Funeral Home, Mount Dora.
NOTE: the reference to Joseph being a Navy veteran is
inaccurate unle3ss he switched branches of service after the war ended.
He enlisted in the Army in 1`940 and was a member of Company H, 508th
PIR.
(The Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, FL, 5 Jan 1988,
Page 4 - courtesy of Tedd Cocker)
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[courtesy of "Tracy"]
Grave marker for Joseph C. Helverson in McDaniel
Cemetery, Jonesboro (Craighead county), Arkansas.
Joseph enlisted in the Army at Fort Benjamin Harrison,
IN on 4 July 1940.
Sgt Helverson was transferred from the 10th
Replacement Depot to Service Company 508th PIR on 14 September 1944.
On 3 October 1944 he was reduced to the grade of
Private "without prejudice."
On 24 December 1945 Pfc Helverson was hospitalized and
class as a non-combat" injury, perhaps due to frostbite.
Still attached to the 5087th, Pvt Helverson was
promoted to Pfc on 31 January 1945.
On 10 May 1945 he was transferred to the hospital's
Detachment of Patients. He did not return to the regiment. |