Bartholomew, Calvin H. (39026635): Difference between revisions
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|surname= | |surname=Bartholomew | ||
|first=Calvin | |first=Calvin | ||
|middle= | |middle=Henry | ||
|class_section=5A | |class_section=5A | ||
|class_rank=Master Sergeant | |class_rank=Master Sergeant | ||
|birth_year=1917 | |birth_year=1917 | ||
|enlistment_place=FT DOUGLAS UTAH | |enlistment_place=FT DOUGLAS UTAH | ||
|state= | |state=Utah | ||
|rank_final= | |rank_final=First Lieutenant | ||
|education=4 years of college | |education=4 years of college | ||
|marital=Married | |marital=Married | ||
|class_number=8 | |class_number=8 | ||
|class_display=8 | |class_display=8 | ||
|birth_date=8 January 1917 | |||
|death_year=1991 | |||
|birth_place=Fayette, Utah | |||
|nativity=United States | |||
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'''Calvin H. Bartholomew''' ( | '''[[Bartholomew, Calvin H. (39026635)|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 as an instructor. | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Calvin | 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. Roster and timeline research record him in Class 8 and later associate him with officer ASN 0534746 as a second and first lieutenant; he also appears as a master sergeant in Camp Ritchie class materials. | |||
Later wartime assignment included work connected with the ASF Depot in Ogden, Utah. He died in 1991. | |||
== Research notes == | == Research notes == | ||
* Enlisted ASN 39026635; officer identification also uses ASN 0534746 (separate roster page exists and is a likely merge candidate). | |||
* 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. | |||
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* | * 8 January 1917 — Born in Fayette, Utah. | ||
* 2 June 1942 — | * 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 8); family lived in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. | ||
* | * Officer records associate ASN 0534746 (second / first lieutenant); class materials also list master sergeant. | ||
* Later wartime — Assignment connected with ASF Depot, Ogden, Utah. | |||
* 1991 — Died. | |||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
* Dan Gross timeline research for Calvin H. Bartholomew (private research files; selected non-private findings) | |||
* [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bartholomew-1207 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 | * 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 | * Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records | ||