Lt. Col. Merle C. Hollingsworth
Born 1900s.
Ancestors 
Son of Claude Percival Hollingsworth
and Dorothea Cooper
[sibling(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Malcolm Hollingsworth, [private son (1940s - unknown)], Joy (Hollingsworth) Ross and [private daughter (1950s - unknown)]
Died 1990s.
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| Created 25 Oct 2015
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Biography
Merle Cooper Hollingsworth was born June 1, 1907 on the Chickasha Indian reservation in Oklahoma Territory just a few months before Oklahoma became a State on November 16, 1907.
He was raised in Texas and graduated from Texas A&M University in 1930 with a degree in Civil Engineering and a commission in the United States Army. Shortly after his graduation, in 1931, he married Mildred Elizabeth Barnard (from El Paso, Texas) and they began married life in San Antonio, Texas.
Lt. Col Hollingsworth was a highly decorated soldier who served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam during a career that spanned nearly 40 years of active service the Military. His specialty was civil engineering, building bases, airfields and other facilities throughout the world. In WWII he was assigned to the Army Air Corps building airbases to support the troops moving forward. Later on The United States Air Force was formed as a separate service unit and Lt. Col Hollingsworth migrated to the Air Force carrying on the same work in Korea and Vietnam.
Sources
- Texas Births
- US Veterans Burial Sites
- 1920 USA Federal Census
- 1930 USA Federal Census
- Social Security Death Index
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Merle by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Merle by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Malcolm Hollingsworth
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-BY3297, FTDNA kit #571406, MitoYDNA ID T11420 [compare]
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50.00%
50.00%
Joy (Hollingsworth) Ross :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T010150 [compare], FTDNA kit #499899
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50.00%
Malcolm Hollingsworth :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T027765 [compare], FTDNA kit #571406
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