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Gerald Hastings Gentry

Male 1908 - 1984  (76 years)


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  • Name Gerald Hastings Gentry  [1, 2
    Birth 3 May 1908  Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 21 Nov 1984  Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • Gerald was referred to in a list of the surviving children of John Price Gentry as "Gerald H. [Gentry] of Oklahoma City".

      Ken Harvey writes that he joined the cavalry, and noted, "Take a fool's advice and never join the cavalry"

      Lynell Cordell found the following:

      U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
      Name: Gerald H Gentry
      Birth Year: 1908
      Race: White, citizen
      Nativity State or Country: Oklahoma
      State: Oklahoma
      County or City: Oklahoma
      Enlistment Date: 21 Nov 1945
      Enlistment State: Oklahoma
      Enlistment City: Oklahoma City
      Branch: Air Corps
      Branch Code: Air Corps
      Grade: Staff Sergeant
      Grade Code: Staff Sergeant
      Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for Hawaiian Department
      Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
      Education: 4 years of high school
      Civil Occupation: Cook
      Marital Status: Married
      Height: 98
      Weight: 244

      Gerald was living in Oklahoma City, OK at the time of his father's death in 1946.

      SSDI
      GERALD GENTRY 03 May 1908 Dec 1984 73109 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, OK) (none specified) 441-28-3181 Oklahoma

      Sunnylane Cemetery, Del City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
      Section 10 Block 2 Row 1-8
      10 2 4 85 GENTRY, Gerald H. May 3 1908 - Nov 21 1984 M Sgt US Air Force WWII
    • (Research):Census Information:

      1930 Census

      1930 census Laramie Co. WY ED 11-15 Pg. 218B
      Military Reservation in Dist. 3
      Fort Francis E. Warren
      Randall Avenue
      Gentry, Gerald H., private, MW, 27, S, OK TX TX, Soldier, U
      S Army
    Person ID I6235  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father John Price Gentry,   b. 29 Mar 1862, Johnson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 1946, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Emma Green,   b. Between 1868 and 1869, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 1939, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Marriage 29 Nov 1886  Woodbine, Cooke County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Family ID F2905  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elma Lee Davis,   b. 21 Apr 1922, Alva, Woods County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Mar 2007, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 8 Mar 1939  Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Stephens Co. OK Marriages
      Gerald Hastings Gentry, 30, of Ft. Sill, OK
      Elma Lee Davis, 18, of Alma, OK
      8 Mar 1939

      (Courtesy of Lynell Gentry Cordell)
    Family ID F9274  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2007 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 3 May 1908 - Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 8 Mar 1939 - Stephens County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 21 Nov 1984 - Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S102] Gentry, Grace Ellen (1927) Payne/Gentry Reunion Photo, Duncan OK.

    2. [S124] Harvey, Kenneth C--Family Member; Gedcom, Printed Descendants Reports of Payne and Gentry Families, Correspondence.

    3. [S315] Rainey, Juanita (sparklestree@aol.com) "Juanita's Family Tree" Ver. Jun 23 22:39:06 2003; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=gentry536.

    4. [S532] Cordell, Lynell Gentry-Family Researcher P.O. Box 1992 Duncan OK 73534-1992 Correspondence, Gedcom, Family Group Sheets, Email, She cites FHL Number 1290677 Dates: 1882-1890 (Reliability: 3).