Willie Belle (Irvin) Partridge (1923 - 1990)

Born 16 Jun 1923 in Moultrie, Colquitt, Georgia, United States

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Died 10 Jan 1990 at age 66 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Willie (Irvin) Partridge is a part of US Black heritage.

Pvt. Willie (Irvin) Partridge served in the United States Army in World War II
Service started: 19 Jul 1944
Unit(s): 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, United States Women's Army Corps
Service ended: 17 Mar 1946

WORLD WAR II WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS VETERAN

Willie was born on 16 Jun 1923 in Georgia to Will Arthur "Buddy" Irvin and Maggie Lee Lewis.

Willie served as a Private in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion during World War II. Their mission was to help sort and distribute an enormous backlog of mail addressed to the 7 million American soldiers and government workers stationed in Europe. They believed that no mail = low morale.

She passed away from Kidney Cancer at the age of 66 on 10 Jan 1990 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Sources

• She knew little about her mother’s military service in Europe during World War II. Then she did a Google search and got a surprise! by Faith Karimi, CNN, 23 Feb 2023; https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/23/us/6888th-battalion-world-war-2-cec/index.html
• Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2005. National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, USA; Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946; NAID: 1263923; Record Group Title: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, 1789-ca. 2007; Record Group: 64; Box Number: 00081; Reel: 8.
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8L3-NFG : 5 December 2014), Willie B Irvin, enlisted 19 Jul 1944, Tallahassee, Florida, 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.
• "Georgia, Military Discharge Records, ca.1890 - ca.1966", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z8H-9DNC : 4 November 2021), Tec 5th Grade Willie B. Irvin, 1946.
• Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Year: 1930; Census Place: Moultrie, Colquitt, Georgia; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0008; FHL microfilm: 2340083.
• Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Year: 1940; Census Place: Moultrie, Colquitt, Georgia; Roll: m-t0627-00660; Page: 23A; Enumeration District: 35-4.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189849951/willie-belle-partridge: accessed 24 February 2023), memorial page for Willie Belle Irvin Partridge (16 Jun 1923–10 Jan 1990), Find a Grave Memorial ID 189849951, citing South View Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Marsha Holder (contributor 47391678).

See Also

• https://www.womenofthe6888th.org/list-of-6888th-veterans
• https://history.army.mil/html/topics/afam/6888thPBn/index.html
• https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119636804/obituary-for-willie-belle-partridge/