U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
Name: John Haskell
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 23 Mar 1923
Death Date: 11 Nov 1995
SSN: 065146774
Branch 1: NAVY
Enlistment Date 1:25 Jun 1943
Release Date 1: 18 Feb 1946
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U.S. Veterans Gravesites
Name:John Charles Haskell
Service Info.: S1 US NAVY WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 23 Mar 1923
Death Date: 11 Nov 1995
Service Start Date:2 Jul 1943
Interment Date: 15 Nov 1995
Cemetery: Ft. Custer National Cemetery
Cemetery Address:15501 Dickham Road No. Entrance Svc Maintenance Bldg Augusta, MI 49012
Buried At: Section 11 Site 1588
The Flint Journal (MI)
November 6, 2000HASKELL, Ruth N. - Age 80, died Wednesday, November 1, 2000 at Summitt Hospital, Austin, Texas after a two month illness.
She was born January 21, 1920 in Exira, Iowa, the daughter of Julius and Molly (Johnson) Bartelson. Ruth graduated from Battle Creek Academy in 1937 and continued her education at the former Community Hospital School of Nursing where she received her RN degree in 1945. She was employed at Hurley Hospital and St. Joseph Hospital in Flint where she retired in 1990.
Surviving are: 1 son, Curt J. Haskell of Austin, Texas; brothers, Willis J. Bartelson and Donald Bartelson, both of Merritt Island, Florida; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by: husband, John C. Haskell, November 11, 1995 in Flint; 3 brothers, Wesley Bartelson in 1996, Floyd Bartelson in 1940 and Richard Bartelson in 1916.
She was a member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church of Flint. Ruth enjoyed reading, puzzle books and all kinds of sports.
Find-a-Grave
Bert W. Petsch, Howell, MI. Age 88, died May 7, 2009. He was born December 8, 1920 in Detroit, MI the son of Walter and Emily (Keehn) Petsch. On March 25, 1961, Bert married his loving wife of 43 years Goldie. She preceded him in death in March 2004.
Bert proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during WWII during the battles and campaigns of Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe earning the American Theater Ribbon, EAME Ribbon with 5 Bronze Stars, the Good Conduct Medal and the Victory Medal.
Bert was a dairy farmer most of his life and was later employed by International Paper for over 20 years. His favorite hobbies included deer hunting, cutting wood, gardening and petting his 7 cats. Bert was a member of Oak Grove United Methodist Church and the Fowlerville V.F.W. and American Legion Posts.
Survivors include his daughter; Geralyn Klein (William James) of Howell, grandchildren Joseph Walter Klein, Aubrey Karrie Klein, step daughters, Carol Martin of Clinton, Lucy Ritz of Webberville, his siblings; Dorothy Holmes of Brighton, Walter Petsch of Webber-ville, Lorraine Saunders of Harrison, Kenneth Petsch of Leslie, and several step grandchildren and step great grandchildren.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA)
March 23, 2000Richard Haskill of Athens left the Army Air Corps and World War II in 1945. But the war never left Mr. Haskill.
A survivor of the brutal Bataan Death March after the fall of the Philippines in early 1942 and more than three years in Japanese prisoner-of-war camps, Mr. Haskill spent the rest of his adult life battling the emotional demons and physical damage of his wartime experiences. "Like most prisoners of war I have met, he didn't like to talk much about it. It was only recently that I found out some of the things he went through," said his son the Rev. Stephen Haskill, pastor of Prospect United Methodist Church in Athens.
Mr. Haskill's death marks the further diminution of a select group of survivors of one of World War II's most horrific events, according to retired Army Maj. Richard Gordon, editor of the "Battling Bastards of Bataan" newsletter. "There are fewer than a thousand of us left now," said Maj. Gordon, also a survivor of Bataan.
Mr. Haskill grew up on a farm near Webberville, Mich., and developed mechanical skills tinkering with machinery. After enlisting in the Army Air Corps in 1940, he was trained as an airplane mechanic and sent to the Philippines in May 1941. Assigned to the 17th Pursuit Squadron, Mr. Haskill was stationed at Nicols Field near Manila when the Japanese attacked Dec. 8, 1941.
According to a deposition Mr. Haskill gave military authorities after the war, his son said, he was one of only 12 survivors of the 168 men in his squadron. A few days after that air attack, Japanese ground forces invaded the islands and the American and Filipino defenders began pulling back to strongholds on the Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor. At some point during that consolidation, according to the Rev. Haskill, his father remembered visiting a Catholic monastery and being baptized by the nuns. "He said it was a very powerful experience for him, even though he was out of his head with malaria. But he said it helped him later when he was caring for other prisoners who were dying," the Rev. Haskill said. For nearly four months American and Filipino forces held out against overwhelming Japanese forces. But by late March, the defenders were running out of food, ammunition and medical supplies. They finally surrendered April 9, 1942.
Thus began what became known as the "Bataan Death March," as the defenders of that peninsula were marched to a prisoner-of-war camp that for some was more than 50 miles away. Mr. Haskill was forced to march more than 45 miles in three days with no food and little water, according to his deposition. Along the way he was beaten by guards and stabbed with a Japanese sword, his son said.
According to Maj. Gordon, several thousand men died on the march before reaching a POW compound named Camp O'Donnell. In the first 40 days there, he said, more than 1,500 Americans and 20,000 Filipinos died. "The conditions at O'Donnell were indescribable. I've never heard anyone able to find the words to describe that place," said Maj. Gordon.
The Rev. Haskill said he believes his father survived the inhumane conditions because "he was a very determined man, and he really cared about other people. Many of the stories he told us were how he took care of other people and how that kept him strong."
When Camp O'Donnell was closed down because of the high casualty rate, Mr. Haskill was sent to a slave labor camp in China, where he stoked boilers in a small factory for the next three years. In September 1945 he was liberated by the Russians. Mr. Haskill weighed 198 pounds when he was captured, 138 when liberated, according to his son. He suffered from malaria, dysentery, beriberi and tropical ulcers.
Mr. Haskill was awarded campaign ribbons that noted his service in the Pacific campaign, but he was given no special recognition for his Bataan service until 1962, when he was awarded the Bronze Star.
After the war, Mr. Haskill tried to return to civilian life, becoming a school bus mechanic in Michigan. But nightmares of the POW experience, a nervous condition and recurring bouts with malaria and tropical skin diseases made it difficult for him to take care of his family, said the Rev. Haskill.
So in the early 1950s, Mr. Haskill and his wife, Betty Jo, turned the seven children over to a Veterans of Foreign Wars home in Eaton, Mich. The children lived there as a family unit without contact with the parents until they began turning 18 and moved out. "I was only 18 months old at the time and for years I didn't understand why they did that," said the Rev. Haskill. "But now I do. He took care of his wife. He made sure she was taken care of, but he couldn't take care of the rest of us."
After his retirement in 1975, Mr. Haskill bought a motor home and traveled the country re-establishing ties with his children. Last year, in declining health, Mr. Haskill and his wife moved to Athens. Mr. Haskill's funeral will bring the family together for the first time since they left the VFW home, the Rev. Haskill said.
Survivors other than his wife and son include another son, Richard Haskill of Ringgold; five daughters, Helen Montelo of Williamston, Mich., Lyn Howeiler and Barbara Jean Stinson, both of Woodward, Okla., Margaret Ann Duke of Kalamazoo, Mich., and Patty Ann Scott of Superior, Wis.; a sister, Goldie Petsch of Webberville, Mich.; and 14 grandchildren.
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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Richard M Haskill
Birth Year: 1921
Race: White, Citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Michigan
State of Residence: Michigan
County or City: Ingham
Enlistment Date: 10 Aug 1940
Enlistment State: Michigan
Enlistment City: Detroit
Branch: Air Corps
Grade: Private
Term of Enlistment: Three year enlistment
Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Carpenters
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 73
Weight: 158
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World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946
Name: Richard M Haskill
Race: White
Residence state: Michigan
Report Date: 7 May 1942
Latest Report Date: 1 Dec 1945
Grade: Technical Sergeant
Grade Notes: Lieutenant Colonel or Asst. superintendent of nurses or Director of nurses or Technical Sergeant or Commander or Petty Officer, 1st Class
Service Branch: Army
Arm or Service: Air Corps
Arm or Service Code: Air Corps
Area Served: Southwest Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands
Detaining Country: Japan
Camp: Hoten POW Camp (Mukden) Manchuria 42-123
Status: Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated
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World War II Prisoners of the Japanese, 1941-1945
Name: Richard M Haskill
Branch of Service: Air Corp
Rank: Technical Sergeant
Service Number: 16010667
Sub Unit: 17th Pursuit Squadron
Assigned Unit: 24th Pursuit Group
Parent Unit: V Interceptor Command
Source: American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor - registration records
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U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Richard Monroe Haskill
Service Info.: TSGT US ARMY AIR CORPS WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 19 Jan 1921
Death Date: 18 Mar 2000
Service Start Date: 10 Aug 1940
Cemetery: Andersonville National Historical Site
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U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Richard Haskill
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 19 Jan 1921
Death Date: 18 Mar 2000
Cause of Death: Natural
SSN: 383102481
Branch 1: AF
Enlistment Date 1: 10 Aug 1940
Release Date 1: 14 May 1946
Athens Banner-Herald (GA)
January 28, 2007Athens - Betty Haskill, 81, passed away on Friday, January 26, 2007.
A native of Ingham County, MI, Mrs. Haskill was preceded in death by her husband Richard Monroe Haskill, daughter Patty Scott, grandchildren Ricky Inman and Wendy Dawn Stinson.
Survivors include children Stephen Haskill, Athens; Lynn Howeiler, Woodward, OK; Richard Allen Haskill, Ringgold, GA; Leslie Montelo, Williamston, MI; Margaret Duke, Camp Verdi, AZ and Jeannie Stinson, Woodward, OK; brother Russell Batz, sister Jeanette Hanson, 18 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Robert Haskill
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 26 Jan 1924
Death Date: 30 Jul 1974
SSN: 381180063
Branch 1: M
Enlistment Date 1: 25 Mar 1943
Release Date 1: 16 Jan 1946
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U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1958
Name: Robert L Haskill
Muster Date: Jul 1944
Rank: Private First Class
Station: Iii Corps Signal Battalton, Iii Amphibious Corps, In The Field
The Grand Rapids Press (MI)
October 17, 2010Bernice B. Haskill, age 79, of Grand Rapids, went to be with her Lord on Friday, October 15, 2010.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William; son, William M.; son-in-law, Mike Keely.
She will be lovingly remembered by her children, Tresa Keely, Larry (Nina) Haskill, Mary (William) DeBoer, Pamela (Larry) Howard, Robert (Cheryl) Haskill, William R. (Bessie) Haskill, Phillip Haskill, Richard (Katie) Norton; 15 grandchildren; five great grandchildren; many brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews.
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name:Arthur Haskill
Gender:Male
Birth Date:10 May 1931
Death Date:9 Jul 1993
Cause of Death:Natural
SSN:371281171
Branch 1:AF
Enlistment Date 1:11 May 1948
Release Date 1:19 Jul 1951
Branch 2:AF
Enlistment Date 2:20 Jul 1951
Release Date 2:19 Jul 1954
Branch 3:AF
Enlistment Date 3:17 Aug 1954
Release Date 3:12 Jun 1958
Santa Cruz Sentinel
January 16, 1953Arthur Guy Oliver, 82, a resident of Santa Cruz for the past 44 years, died eraly this morning at a local hospital after a short ilness. His home was at 1907 Mission street.
A son Donald A. Oliver of Holsey, Nebraska, is the only survivor.
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U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Wayland Haskell
Birth Date: 11 Jan 1924
Death Date: 29 Feb 1992
Cause of Death: Natural
SSN: 375206783
Branch 1: ARMY
Enlistment Date 1: 22 Mar 1944
Release Date 1: 22 Nov 1945
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U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Harold Haskell
Gender: Male
Death Date: 24 May 1976
SSN: 547244782
Enlistment Date 1: 23 Oct 1944
Release Date 1: 16 Nov 1945
The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA)
December 26, 1998A. Vernice Haskell, 87, of Orange, a secretary at Knott's Berry Farm, died Dec. 21 of natural causes.
Survivors: sister, Sue Ester; three grandchildren.
U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Floyd A Haskill
Birth Year: 1912
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: South Dakota
State of Residence: South Dakota
Enlistment Date: 1 May 1943
Enlistment State: Indiana
Enlistment City: Evansville
Branch: No branch assignment
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 1 year of college
Civil Occupation: Accountants and auditors
Marital status: Married
Height: 78
Weight: 129
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U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019
Name: Floyd A Haskill
Death Age: 91
Birth Date: 19 Jan 1912
Death Date: 13 Feb 2003
Cemetery: Sutter Cemetery
Notes: 2ND LT US ARMY WORLD WAR II
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U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Floyd Haskill
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 19 Jan 1912
Death Date: 13 Feb 2003
Branch 1: ARMY
Enlistment Date 1: 8 May 1943
Release Date 1: 30 Nov 1945
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA)
January 7, 2008Inez Duren Haskill of Forsyth, formerly of Decatur, GA died Saturday, January 5, 2008.
She is survived by her daughter, Pat Maybee of Forsyth; granddaughter, Tracy Baldwin of Odessa, MS; grandson, Robert J. Riness of Forsyth; great granddaughter, Heather Rodriquez of Ellenwood; great grandson, Allen J. Riness of Bay Town, TX; and great-great grandson, Dylan Adcox of Odessa, MS.
U. S. Navy
Enlisted: June 25, 1945
Discharged: April 25, 1947
Enlisted: July 16, 1947
Discharged: April 12, 1965
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U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: David Haskill
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 3 Aug 1927
Death Date: 5 Apr 1989
Cause of Death: Natural
SSN: 569264061
Branch 1: NAVY
Enlistment Date 1: 25 Jun 1945
Release Date 1: 25 Apr 1947
Branch 2: N
Enlistment Date 2: 16 Jul 1947
Release Date 2: 12 Apr 1965