When he registered for the World War II draft, he listed his mother Mrs. Fannie Ruse as next of kin.[1]
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The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Colorado, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 184. Name: Henry Clayton Palmer Race: White Age: 34 Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head) Birth Date: 11 May 1906 Birth Place: Monmouth, Illinois, USA Residence Place: Gunnison, Gunnison, Colorado, USA Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940 Registration Place: Gunnison, Gunnison, Colorado, USA Weight: 172 Complexion: Light Eye Color: Blue Hair Color: Brown Height: 5 8 Next of Kin: Fannie Ruse. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK6G-XXR : accessed 26 December 2020), Henry Palmer in household of Arel W Palmer, Eliza, Mercer, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 67, sheet 9B, family 177, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 311; FHL microfilm 1,374,324.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWBN-57D : accessed 26 December 2020), Henry Palmer in household of Axel W Palmer, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States; citing ED 120, sheet 3A, line 28, family 48, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 847; FHL microfilm 1,820,847.
"United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMKF-778 : 5 December 2014), Henry C Palmer, enlisted 23 May 1942, Pueblo, Colorado, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTZ4-62R : 4 December 2020), Henry Palmer, Jan 1977; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
Find a Grave, database and images ( : accessed 26 December 2020), memorial page for Henry C Palmer (11 May 1906–14 Jan 1977), Find A Grave: Memorial #3316266, citing Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, USA ; Maintained by Gma Ray (contributor 48599714) .
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This person was created through the import of PittsPenn_2010-09-21.ged on 22 September 2010.
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