Calvin Henry Bartholomew

Calvin Henry Bartholomew
Personal details
Born	8 January 1917 Fayette, Utah
Died	1991
Nativity	United States
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	39026635
Rank	First Lieutenant
Rank at Ritchie	Private
Camp Ritchie	Class 2 (24 August – 17 October 1942)
Enlisted	Ft Douglas, Utah

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Calvin Henry Bartholomew (8 January 1917–1991) was a Utah-born Ritchie Boy who interrogated German prisoners in North Africa and later returned to Camp Ritchie (Class 2) as an instructor.

Biography

Calvin Henry Bartholomew was born on 8 January 1917 in Fayette, Utah. He attended Brigham Young University, was active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and married on 20 December 1941 in the Manti Temple. The couple taught school in Utah before he entered the Army.

Bartholomew was drafted on 2 June 1942 at Fort Douglas, Utah (enlisted ASN 39026635). He took part in the landings at Casablanca in November 1942 and served as an interrogator of German prisoners of war in North Africa. After their first son was born in March 1943, he was recalled to Camp Ritchie, Maryland, to teach; the family lived nearby in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. Original class-roster scans place him in Class 2 (listed there as Calvin M. Bartholomew, private). A digitized class extract had incorrectly assigned him to Class 8 / section 5A; that line does not appear on the original Class 8 sheets. Officer records also associate ASN 0534746 (second and first lieutenant).

Later wartime assignment included work connected with the ASF Depot in Ogden, Utah. He died in 1991.

Research notes

• Also held officer ASN 0534746 (second/first lieutenant roster page; merged into this profile).
• Class assignment corrected from digitized Class 8 / section 5A (not on original Class 8 sheets) to Class 2 per original class scans (roster line “Bartholomew, Calvin M., Pvt”). Stub page Bartholomew, Calvin M retired as the same man. Dan Gross demographics notes also record “Also Class 2 F German.”
• Family memoir excerpt (RB Archive DOCX) supplies Casablanca / instructor details; Stars and Stripes Pacific clippings in the same folder were not used for published vitals.

Gallery

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  Wartime studio portrait of Calvin Henry Bartholomew in uniform (RB Archive / WikiTree-linked photo)
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  Civilian studio portrait of Calvin Henry Bartholomew (RB Archive)
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  Calvin and June, newly married in December 1941 (RB Archive)
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  Family studio portrait: Calvin in uniform with wife and child (RB Archive)
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  Family history page with photos and wartime summary (RB Archive FL228384 scan)
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  Camp Ritchie postcard — mess halls and officers’ quarters (RB Archive)
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  Camp Ritchie postcard — general view (RB Archive)
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  Camp Ritchie postcard view (RB Archive)
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  Camp Ritchie postcard view (RB Archive)
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  Camp Ritchie postcard view (RB Archive)
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  Stars and Stripes (Pacific), 7 January 1955 clipping on MITC commandant Brig. Gen. Mercer C. Walter (RB Archive)
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  Calvin at age 3 (family photo, RB Archive)
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  Calvin and Marjorie (family photo, RB Archive)
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  Calvin, Marjorie, and Old Nelly (family photo, RB Archive)
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  Marjorie, Ray Dean, and Calvin (family photo, RB Archive)
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  Martha, Calvin, and horse (family photo, RB Archive)

Technical record

Field	Imported value
Nara ASN	39026635
Nara Name	BARTHOLOMEW CALVIN H
Nara State	96
Nara County	039
Nara POE	9629
Nara DOE	020642
Nara Grade Alpha	PVT
Nara Race	1
Nara Race Description	White citizen
Nara Height (inches)	65
Nara Weight (lbs)	142
Class_ASN	39026635
Class_Name	BARTHOLOMEW, Calvin H.
match_method	unmatched_appended
row_source	classes_only
Census_HISTID	31B856ED-9100-497A-B3A9-7A18268985F2
Census_State	UTAH
Census_Relate	Child
Census_Sex	Male
Census_Age	23
Census_BirthYear	1917
Census_Marital	Never married/single
Census_Race	White
Census_BPL	UTAH
Census_MBPL	0
Census_FBPL	0
Census_Educ	Grade 11
Census_OCC	866

Timeline

• 8 January 1917 — Born in Fayette, Utah.
• 20 December 1941 — Married in the Manti Temple; taught school in Utah.
• 2 June 1942 — Drafted into the U.S. Army at Fort Douglas, Utah (ASN 39026635).
• November 1942 — Casablanca landings; German POW interrogator in North Africa.
• 1943 — Recalled to Camp Ritchie as an instructor (Class 2; family lived in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania). Original class sheets list him as Calvin M. Bartholomew, private.
• Officer records associate ASN 0534746 (second / first lieutenant).
• Later wartime — Assignment connected with ASF Depot, Ogden, Utah.
• 1991 — Died.

Sources

• RB Archive folder “Calvin Henry Bartholomew” photographs (wartime portrait, civilian portrait, family history page, Camp Ritchie postcards, Stars and Stripes 1955, family photos)
• Dan Gross timeline research for Calvin H. Bartholomew (private research files; selected non-private findings)
• WikiTree — Calvin Henry Bartholomew (Bartholomew-1207)
• Family memoir / autobiography excerpt for Calvin Henry Bartholomew (RB Archive DOCX FL228384_TN-1020815_000291; private family copy, not uploaded)
• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Calvin H. BARTHOLOMEW for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of BARTHOLOMEW, Calvin H. for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: CALVIN H. BARTHOLOMEW Sr.docx)