SGT William Franklin Yocum
1922 - 1951 (28 years)-
Name William Franklin Yocum Prefix SGT Birth 24 Jun 1922 Pottstown, Montgomery, PA 
Gender Male Death 1 Jun 1951 Fort Sam Houston, Bexar, TX - Texas, U.S., Death Certificates
Name William Franklin Yocum
Gender Male
Race White
Death Age 28
Birth Date 24 Jun 1922
Birth Place Pennsylvania
Residence Date Abt 1951
Residence Place Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Death Date 1 Jun 1951
Death Place Houston, Bexar, Texas, USA
Father William H Yocum
Burial Pottstown, Montgomery, PA - BURIAL Highland Memorial Park
PLOT Section 5
Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Person ID I21458 Drollinger Genealogy Last Modified 13 Nov 2023
Father PVT William Henry Yocum, b. 3 Nov 1894, St. Louis, Bucanan, MO d. 12 Aug 1979, Pottstown, Montgomery, PA (Age 84 years) Mother Irma V. Trollinger, b. 5 Feb 1903, Pottstown, Montgomery, PA d. May 1974, Pottstown, Montgomery, PA (Age 71 years) Family ID F15010 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Texas, U.S., Death Certificates
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Event Map 
Birth - 24 Jun 1922 - Pottstown, Montgomery, PA 
Death - 1 Jun 1951 - Fort Sam Houston, Bexar, TX Burial - - Pottstown, Montgomery, PA = Link to Google Earth
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Documents 
Death Certificate 
Funeral Notice
The Mercury
Pottstown, Pennsylvania · Monday, June 04, 1951 Page 14
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Notes - William may have received his middle name of Franklin in honor of his mother's uncle, James Franklin Trollinger, who died as an infant. William never married.
U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records
Name: William F Yocum
Race: White
Marital status: Single, without dependents (Single)
Rank: Private
Birth Year: 1922
Nativity State or Country: Pennsylvania
Citizenship: Citizen
Education: 2 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Skilled mechanics and repairmen, n.e.c.
Enlistment Date: 18 Jun 1942
Enlistment Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Service Number: 13081130
Branch: Air Corps
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life
Height: 66
Weight: 219
- William may have received his middle name of Franklin in honor of his mother's uncle, James Franklin Trollinger, who died as an infant. William never married.