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Lieut William Ancel Drummond

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Birth	:	19 Nov 1917
Death	:	12 Feb 1945
Burial	:	Americus Cemetery, Americus, Lyon County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.5154686, -96.2420425
Description	:	Lt. William Ancel Drummond was killed in a plane crash while in the service of his country, according to a message from the Navy department received by Mrs. Drummond. According to the telegram, his body was buried in an Allied cemetery on an island in the Pacific pending cessation of hostilities. Lieutenant Drummond was born November 19, 1917, was graduated from the Americus High School and Emporia State College. He was teaching in the Kansas City, Kansas schools when he received his commission as Ensign in the US Naval Reserves in July 1942. He took his indoctrination course at Fort Schuyler, NY and... Read More	Lt. William Ancel Drummond was killed in a plane crash while in the service of his country, according to a message from the Navy department received by Mrs. Drummond. According to the telegram, his body was buried in an Allied cemetery on an island in the Pacific pending cessation of hostilities. Lieutenant Drummond was born November 19, 1917, was graduated from the Americus High School and Emporia State College. He was teaching in the Kansas City, Kansas schools when he received his commission as Ensign in the US Naval Reserves in July 1942. He took his indoctrination course at Fort Schuyler, NY and was a ground school instructor at Olathe until August, 1943 when he was transferred to Oakland, California. At Oakland he was an recognition instructor with the Navy VR-4 program in the Naval Air Transport Service. At the time of his death he was coordinating the NATS pilot training program of the Atlantic, and Pacific coasts and Pacific wings for the chief of naval operations. He went overseas the middle of January 1945. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Florence Foster Drummond, and their sons, Billy, 6, and Bobby, 3 months, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. H Drummond of Americus. ~Emporia Gazette, 20 Feb 1945, p. 1

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Lieut William Ancel Drummond's memorial is located at: Americus Cemetery, Americus, Lyon County, USA.
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Lieut William Ancel Drummond death on 12 Feb 1945 in
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Latitude: 38.5154686
Longitude: -96.2420425

Family Members:

Parent

Leon Hearl Drummond

(1887 - 1973)

Myrtle May Andrews Drummond

(1892 - 1973)

Spouse

Siblings

James Calvin Drummond

(1920 - 1937)

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Nearby Cemetories:

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Coordinate: 38.5573900, -96.2022300

2. Fruitland Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.5078011, -96.3308029

3. Rosean Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.5344009, -96.1464005

4. Sunnyside Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.6083900, -96.2853700

5. Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.4202995, -96.2055969

6. Cottonwood Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.4130096, -96.2725525

7. Dunlap Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.5792007, -96.3538971

8. Dunlap Colored Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.5875015, -96.3538971

9. Saint Andrews Episcopal Church Columbarium
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Coordinate: 38.4084053, -96.1796799

10. Bushong Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.6366997, -96.2431030

11. Hillside Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.4305992, -96.3741989

12. Soden Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.3872190, -96.1813510

13. Old Quaker Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.4208100, -96.3693200

14. Camp Alexander Grounds
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Coordinate: 38.4177210, -96.1072080

15. Sacred Heart Cemetery
Emporia, Lyon County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3932991, -96.1418991

16. Haworth Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.3804207, -96.3178024

17. Allen Cemetery
Allen, Lyon County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6521988, -96.1611023

18. Phillips Cemetery
Reading, Lyon County, USA
Coordinate: 38.5578003, -96.0513992

19. Grandview Cemetery
Plymouth, Lyon County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3838997, -96.3542023

20. Wilhite Cemetery
Emporia, Lyon County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3830500, -96.1240900

21. Comiskey Cemetery
Morris County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6521988, -96.3535995

22. Greenwood Cemetery
Emporia, Lyon County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3546982, -96.2082977

23. Fowler Cemetery
Emporia, Lyon County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3897018, -96.1091995

24. Evergreen Cemetery
Emporia, Lyon County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3572006, -96.1791992