Robert Joseph Vincent, who died on June 17, 2011, in Orlando, Fla., at the age of 92, was a Purple Heart recipient. He was a member of the Army's 1471st Engineer Co. He shipped out for Europe around Jan. 3, 1945, as the war in Europe was moving closer to the German fatherland.
Vincent was one of hundreds who boarded Troop Train 2980 at the French port of La Havre bound for the front lines. The train was also bound for history, one shrouded in secrecy for many years.
Robert Joseph Vincent, 92, formerly of Stinson, died Friday, June 17, 2011, in Orlando, Fla.
He was the son of the late Hershal and Ada Henry Vincent.
He was raised in Calhoun County and farmed with his father and brothers. He served in the Civilian Conservation Corps, was a U.S. Army veteran of Central Europe and France during World War II, earning a Purple Heart, and served in the Air Force during the Korean War. He worked in plants in Akron, Ohio, and was a construction foreman in Charleston and Bloomington, Ind.
Surviving are six children, Judith Chaney, Helen White and Charles Vincent, all of Charleston, Sandra Black of Madison, Ind., Robert Vincent of Woodbridge, Va., and Greg Vincent of Bloom-ington; 13 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and long-time companion, Pat McHale of Orlando.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jean Knotts Carte of Chloe; his second wife, Agnes Sorrells; three brothers, Everette Vincent, Kenneth Vincent and John Vincent; and one sister, Maud Yost Arnold.
Vincent was one of hundreds who boarded Troop Train 2980 at the French port of La Havre bound for the front lines. The train was also bound for history, one shrouded in secrecy for many years.
Robert Joseph Vincent, 92, formerly of Stinson, died Friday, June 17, 2011, in Orlando, Fla.
He was the son of the late Hershal and Ada Henry Vincent.
He was raised in Calhoun County and farmed with his father and brothers. He served in the Civilian Conservation Corps, was a U.S. Army veteran of Central Europe and France during World War II, earning a Purple Heart, and served in the Air Force during the Korean War. He worked in plants in Akron, Ohio, and was a construction foreman in Charleston and Bloomington, Ind.
Surviving are six children, Judith Chaney, Helen White and Charles Vincent, all of Charleston, Sandra Black of Madison, Ind., Robert Vincent of Woodbridge, Va., and Greg Vincent of Bloom-ington; 13 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and long-time companion, Pat McHale of Orlando.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jean Knotts Carte of Chloe; his second wife, Agnes Sorrells; three brothers, Everette Vincent, Kenneth Vincent and John Vincent; and one sister, Maud Yost Arnold.
Robert Joseph Vincent, who died on June 17, 2011, in Orlando, Fla., at the age of 92, was a Purple Heart recipient. He was a member of the Army's 1471st Engineer Co. He shipped out for Europe around Jan. 3, 1945, as the war in Europe was moving closer to the German fatherland.
Vincent was one of hundreds who boarded Troop Train 2980 at the French port of La Havre bound for the front lines. The train was also bound for history, one shrouded in secrecy for many years.
Robert Joseph Vincent, 92, formerly of Stinson, died Friday, June 17, 2011, in Orlando, Fla.
He was the son of the late Hershal and Ada Henry Vincent.
He was raised in Calhoun County and farmed with his father and brothers. He served in the Civilian Conservation Corps, was a U.S. Army veteran of Central Europe and France during World War II, earning a Purple Heart, and served in the Air Force during the Korean War. He worked in plants in Akron, Ohio, and was a construction foreman in Charleston and Bloomington, Ind.
Surviving are six children, Judith Chaney, Helen White and Charles Vincent, all of Charleston, Sandra Black of Madison, Ind., Robert Vincent of Woodbridge, Va., and Greg Vincent of Bloom-ington; 13 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and long-time companion, Pat McHale of Orlando.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jean Knotts Carte of Chloe; his second wife, Agnes Sorrells; three brothers, Everette Vincent, Kenneth Vincent and John Vincent; and one sister, Maud Yost Arnold.
Vincent was one of hundreds who boarded Troop Train 2980 at the French port of La Havre bound for the front lines. The train was also bound for history, one shrouded in secrecy for many years.
Robert Joseph Vincent, 92, formerly of Stinson, died Friday, June 17, 2011, in Orlando, Fla.
He was the son of the late Hershal and Ada Henry Vincent.
He was raised in Calhoun County and farmed with his father and brothers. He served in the Civilian Conservation Corps, was a U.S. Army veteran of Central Europe and France during World War II, earning a Purple Heart, and served in the Air Force during the Korean War. He worked in plants in Akron, Ohio, and was a construction foreman in Charleston and Bloomington, Ind.
Surviving are six children, Judith Chaney, Helen White and Charles Vincent, all of Charleston, Sandra Black of Madison, Ind., Robert Vincent of Woodbridge, Va., and Greg Vincent of Bloom-ington; 13 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and long-time companion, Pat McHale of Orlando.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jean Knotts Carte of Chloe; his second wife, Agnes Sorrells; three brothers, Everette Vincent, Kenneth Vincent and John Vincent; and one sister, Maud Yost Arnold.
Inscription
SSGT US AIR FORCE
TEC 5 US ARMY
WORLD WAR II, KOREA
PURPLE HEART
IT WAS A
GREAT RIDE
Gravesite Details
He was cremated and ashes originally interrned at West Virginia National Cemetery Grafton WV.
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