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Calvin Henry Bartholomew

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Calvin Henry Bartholomew
Personal details
Born8 January 1917
Fayette, Utah
Died1991
NativityUnited States
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch United States Army
ASN39026635
RankFirst Lieutenant
Rank at RitchieMaster Sergeant
Camp RitchieClass 8 (17 May – 16 July 1943)
Section5A
EnlistedFt 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 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. 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

  • Also held officer ASN 0534746 (second/first lieutenant roster page; merged into this profile). Class materials also note 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.

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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 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.

Sources

  • 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)