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LTC Stephen Douglas Curlee
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Curlee, Jack Douglas, LTJG.
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Home Town Birmingham, AL
Date of Passing Sep 10, 2015
Location of Interment Elmwood Cemetery - Birmingham, Alabama
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My father, Jack Douglas Curlee, died on September 10, 2015, in Cumming, GA. He was over ninety three years old and one of the Greatest Generation.
Stephen Douglas Curlee
Lieutenant Colonel
USA Retired
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Enlisted on 12 MAY '43, entered on active duty on 1 JUL '43 and was commissioned on 29 JUN '44. Released from active duty on 23 JUN '46 and was honorably discharged from the U.S. Naval Reserve on 1 SEP '55.
Flag of Japan denotes landing on Okinawa (including Ie Shima), a prefecture of Japan. Made numerous trips to Hawai'i, which at the time, was a territory of the United States. Made many trips to the individual and various islands of the Marshall Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands which are too small to appear on the map. The flag of Indonesia denotes a landing on Biak Island, which is part of Papua, a province of Indonesia.
Sgt. George B. Curlee, U.S. Army, WWII (brother deceased)
Date
Nov 10, 2000
Last Updated: Sep 28, 2015
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Curlee's brother, George Brooks Curlee, served as a Sergeant in the 70th Division (Trailblazers) of the United States Army in Germany during World War II. He was born 1OCT25, died 10NOV00 and is buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham, AL.
