Edwin Angelo Sr.

Ancestors Descendants

Biography

Edwin James Angelo was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma on May 18, 1918 ^[1] when his father, Harry, was 48 and his mother, Emma, was 35. ^[2], He lived there with his parents and older sister, Merial ^[3], (except for 3 years in Wyoming -- see Harry's biography), and attended public schools in Oklahoma City.

He attended Classen High School^[4] in Oklahoma City then attended the University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) where he received his degree in 1940. During his college years he was in the ROTC and his senior year he was Captain of "Battery E", First Field Artillery.^[5] In September of 1940^[6], more than a year before the U.S. entered World War II, he enlisted in the Army ^[7] and joined the Air Corps as an Aviation Cadet. He received his flight training in San Antonio, Texas, and in 1941 he was stationed at the Army Air Forces Advanced Flying School at Craig Field, near Selma, Alabama.

While at Craig Field he met and, on 23 April 1943 married ^[8][9], Juanita Epp, from nearby Marion Junction. The flight training at Craig Field was in pursuit aircraft (fighters), which Ed was initially prepared for, but never deployed in that capacity. He served for a while as a Flight Instructor, then was stationed in Syracuse, N.Y., where he prepared for overseas deployment in a troop carrier squadron. During 1944-1945 he served in the Pacific Theater, including the Philippines and New Guinea.

After the war, Ed, Nita and their first child Edwin James (Jimmy) returned to Oklahoma City and soon bought a small house at 5836 NW 57th Street in the suburb of Warr Acres. Ed worked in the field of advertising and served in the Air National Guard. He was called to active duty during the Korean War, but spent the whole time as a recruiting officer, moving the family (now with 3 children) to Alexandria, LA, Memphis, TN, and Nashville, Tn. ^[10]

After that, he returned to Oklahoma City and formed Angelo Advertising with his sister, Merial. This time he joined the Air Force Reserve^[11], and was activated briefly during the Berlin Crisis (1961). In 1964, having too much rank for any Air Reserve positions in Oklahoma, he returned to active duty and the family (now 3 children at home, one in college, and one married) moved to Travis AFB, CA.

Shortly after his retirement from the military, the family returned to Oklahoma City. Here the youngest daughters attended Northwest Classen HS and Ed was a manager for a local printing company.

He died on August 26, 1995, in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, at the age of 77 ^[12][13], and was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, on August 29, 1995.

Sources

1. ↑ Oklahoma State Department of Health, Vital Records Division, ok2explore, Online Database. Accessed 10 Aug 2018. Citing: Angelo, Edwin J, male, Birth County: Oklahoma, Birth month: 5, Birth day: 18, Birth year: 1918.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MN1C-1T4 : accessed 28 March 2018), Edwin J Angelo in household of Harry L Angelo, Oklahoma City Ward 1, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States; citing ED 115, sheet 11B, line 67, family 266, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1473; FHL microfilm 1,821,473.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XCWJ-R7M : accessed 28 March 2018), Edwin J Angelo in household of Harry L Angelo, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 32, sheet 9A, line 41, family 272, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1918; FHL microfilm 2,341,652.2
4. ↑ "The Orbit", Classen High School Yearbook, (Oklahoma City: 1934).
5. ↑ "The Sooner", 1940, volume XXXVI, The Official Year Book of the University of Oklahoma, (Norman, Oklahoma: The Student Association, 1940). Photo from ROTC section of year book

   Battery E, First Field Artillery in "The Sooner", 1940

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6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VB2S-3BJ : accessed 28 March 2018), Edwin James Angelo in household of Harry Lee Angelo, Ward 1, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 78-11, sheet A, line 33, family 193, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3342.
7. ↑ U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records (Record Group 64: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration) ; enlisted on 10 Sep 1940 in the Air Corps as an Aviation Cadet; record indicates 4 years of college and marital status: single.

   U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946; Edwin Angelo enlisted 10 Sep 1940.

8. ↑ Ancestry.com, Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800-1969, (Provo: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006) online database
9. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21X-QLVK : 28 November 2018), Edwin James Angelo and Jaunita Epp, 21 Apr 1943; citing Election Precinct 29 Alabama City, Etowah, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,892,238.
10. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death FIle, 1850-2010, (Provo: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011) online database
11. ↑ Ancestry.com, US Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959, (Provo: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014) citing Edwin J. Angelo, Commander, 305th Troop Carrier Squadron (Medium) (Res), Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 1959
12. ↑ Oklahoma State Department of Health, Vital Records Division, ok2explore, Online Database. Accessed 10 Aug 2018. Citing: Angelo, Edwin J., male, Death County: Oklahoma, Death month: 8, death day: 26, death year: 1995
13. ↑ Social Security Death Index; U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing)