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- U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Douglas E Warner
Birth Year: 1917
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: Washington
State: Washington
County or City: Whatcom
Enlistment Date: 15 Sep 1942
Enlistment State: Washington
Enlistment City: Tacoma
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: 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: Grammar school
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 70
Weight: 145
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Lewiston Morning Tribune
May 10, 2008
A graveside service for Douglas E. Warner, 90, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, at the Rock Creek Cemetery, with Pastor Kathy Kramer officiating.
Mr. Warner passed away early Tuesday morning, May 6, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Village in Moscow. He was born Sept. 19, 1917, at Bainbridge Island, Wash., to Dewey and Beatrice (Critchley) Warner. He attended his schooling in Whatcom County. At an early age he started working on a farm.
He joined the U.S. Army on Sept. 15, 1942, and served in the European Theater with the 494th Medical company during World War II. He served in Normandy, northern France, Rhineland and Central Europe. He was discharged on Dec. 23, 1945, as a sergeant. After the war he returned to Bellingham, Wash., where he worked as a farm laborer and later worked at a local sawmill in Seattle, making cedar shingles.
He married Grace Ecklor on April 18, 1947, in Bellingham. The couple made their home there. Mr. Warner worked as a caretaker for Greenacres Memorial Park Cemetery for 16 years. He also worked a few years as a carpenter and later worked for Whatcom County Parks as a maintenance man until he retired in 1982. The couple moved to Potlatch in 1994. They later moved to the Clark House in Moscow in 2005. Mrs. Warner died in 2007. He enjoyed carpentry and building cabinets.
Survivors include one son, Bill Warner and his wife Jenny of Potlatch one grandson, James R. Warner and stepgranddaughter, Wendy Anderson. One son, Douglas R. Warner, preceded him in death.
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