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Military Service
14 February 1944 • Ft Thomas, Newport, Kentucky, United States
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- principal: Gordon Francis Ponceby
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- The Army Serial Number Merged File entry reports Gordon F Ponceby as a private with serial number 15127392 serving through a 14 February 1944 enlistment at Ft Thomas, Newport, Kentucky.
- The source records him as single, without dependents, with 3 years of high school and reserve component status.
- A NARA Fort Thomas reception-center roster dated 14 February 1944 lists Gordon F. Ponceby, serial number 15127392, among aviation cadets in White Company C reporting at the checking station.
- The NARA roster is image-backed for Gordon's Fort Thomas reception-center presence; broader enlistment terms remain from the secondary Army Serial Number Merged File and should still be corroborated by draft, OMPF, or full service records.
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Army Serial Number Merged File Entry for Gordon F Ponceby
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Imported Army Serial Number Merged File entry for Gordon F Ponceby showing military service enrollment on 14 February 1944 at Ft Thomas, Newport, Kentucky, with serial number 15127392 and rank PVT.
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NARA Fort Thomas Reception Center Roster for Gordon F Ponceby, 1944
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NARA digitized roster page from the Fort Thomas reception center, dated 14 February 1944, listing Gordon F. Ponceby, serial number 15127392, on line 19 among aviation cadets in White Company C reporting at the checking station. The image-backed roster corroborates Gordon's presence at Fort Thomas on the same date as the existing Army Serial Number Merged File entry.
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BGSU Key Yearbook Pages for Gordon F Ponceby, 1950
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Extracted pages from the 1950 BGSU Key yearbook showing G. Ponceby in a Delta Upsilon caption, Gordon Ponceby in a Phi Alpha Chi caption, and a senior listing for PONCEBY, GORDON F. of Cleveland, Ohio, with Delta Upsilon and Phi Alpha Chi affiliations.
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BGSU Key Yearbook Pages for Gordon Ponceby, 1948
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Extracted pages from the 1948 BGSU Key yearbook showing Gordon Ponceby in a sophomore group photograph caption and G. Ponceby in a Student Christian Fellowship group photograph caption.
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BGSU Key Yearbook Pages for Gordon Ponceby, 1949
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Extracted pages from the 1949 BGSU Key yearbook showing Gordon Ponceby in Phi Alpha Chi and Pi Theta captions, and identifying him as Pi Theta treasurer for the 1948-1949 year.
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Census Record
1926 Census Page for Donald Edwin Ponceby Household
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1926 Alberta census page for Peace River South showing Donald Edwin Ponceby, wife Catharine McKay, and sons Donald Stuart and Gordon Francis in the same household.
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Census Record
1950 Census Page for Gordon and Shirley Ponceby
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1950 census page for Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, showing Gordon Ponceby, age 24, and wife Shirley, age 20, in the same household at house number 105 on 3 April 1950.
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Death Certificate
Ohio Death Certificate for Gordon F Ponceby
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Ohio death certificate for Gorden F. Ponceby, a married car salesman and veteran, who died at St. Lukes Hospital in Maumee, Lucas County, Ohio, on 9 April 1984. The certificate names surviving spouse Shirley Armstrong, father Donald Ponceby, and mother Catherine McKayhorne.
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