KENNETH RASH WADE
Kenneth's mother died when he was 3 years old. His father remarried when he was 9 years old. Except for the time he spent in the Navy, he lived all of his life in Ettrick, Virginia.
According to the 1920 census, Matoaca District 13, Chesterfield, Virginia, Kenneth was 9 years old and living in the household of his father W.R. and his stepmither Emma. He was listed in the 1927 Petersburg, Virginia directory as a helper, living at 44 3rd Avenue as a roomer/ boarder. According to the 1930 Etrick (Matoaca) District census, Kenneth was 19 years old.
Kenneth spent 2 years in the Navy, beginning around 1928. He was stationed on the U.S.S. Arizona. The Arizona was launched 19 June 1915. She served with the Atlantic Fleet during World War I. In 1920 she was outfitted to carry aircraft for scouting and spotting the fall of shells from her guns. She spent 1929-1931 being modernized. The Warner Brothers movie "Here Comes the Navy". starring Jimmy Cagney and Pat O'Brien, used the Arizona as a location in spring of 1934. The movie was one of the nominees for the Academy Award in 1935. She was relocated to Pearl Harbor with the rest of the fleet as tensions in the Pacific rose. The Arizona was sunk in Pearl Harbor by the Japanese at the beginning of World War II.
In 1932, Kenneth worked as a lifeguard at Lake View Park. In 1939, he was a rayon worker at DuPont in Richmond, Virginia, and in 1941 he was working as a spinner. He had to leave that job due to bad health caused by exposure to chemicals in the plant.
When Kenneth was 31 years old, America entered World War II. On 7 December 1941, at 7:55 in the morning Japanese planes attacked the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Suddenly, without warning, with no declaration of war, planes launched from carriers had appeared over the Pacific. After dropping their bombs, they roared away, leaving 2,343 American soldiers and marines dead and 1,272 injured. Eight battleships were sunk or seriously damaged, as well as many smaller vessels and more than 200 planes were destroyed. Speaking before Congress, President Roosevelt called December 7 "a date which will live in infamy." The war would last until 1945.
Kenneth worked in the Norfolk shipyards during World War II. He worked as a pipe fitter, plumber, and factory worker. He retired from Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company, Petersburg, Virginia. Kenneth died in the Hopewell Nursing Home, Hopewell, Virginia. He was suffering from emphysema and heart failure. He is buried in Southlawn Memorial Park, Prince George, Virginia.
Addresses:
1920: Boisseu Street, Ettrick, Virginia.
1930: Third Avenue, Ettrick, Virginia.
Kenneth's mother died when he was 3 years old. His father remarried when he was 9 years old. Except for the time he spent in the Navy, he lived all of his life in Ettrick, Virginia.
According to the 1920 census, Matoaca District 13, Chesterfield, Virginia, Kenneth was 9 years old and living in the household of his father W.R. and his stepmither Emma. He was listed in the 1927 Petersburg, Virginia directory as a helper, living at 44 3rd Avenue as a roomer/ boarder. According to the 1930 Etrick (Matoaca) District census, Kenneth was 19 years old.
Kenneth spent 2 years in the Navy, beginning around 1928. He was stationed on the U.S.S. Arizona. The Arizona was launched 19 June 1915. She served with the Atlantic Fleet during World War I. In 1920 she was outfitted to carry aircraft for scouting and spotting the fall of shells from her guns. She spent 1929-1931 being modernized. The Warner Brothers movie "Here Comes the Navy". starring Jimmy Cagney and Pat O'Brien, used the Arizona as a location in spring of 1934. The movie was one of the nominees for the Academy Award in 1935. She was relocated to Pearl Harbor with the rest of the fleet as tensions in the Pacific rose. The Arizona was sunk in Pearl Harbor by the Japanese at the beginning of World War II.
In 1932, Kenneth worked as a lifeguard at Lake View Park. In 1939, he was a rayon worker at DuPont in Richmond, Virginia, and in 1941 he was working as a spinner. He had to leave that job due to bad health caused by exposure to chemicals in the plant.
When Kenneth was 31 years old, America entered World War II. On 7 December 1941, at 7:55 in the morning Japanese planes attacked the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Suddenly, without warning, with no declaration of war, planes launched from carriers had appeared over the Pacific. After dropping their bombs, they roared away, leaving 2,343 American soldiers and marines dead and 1,272 injured. Eight battleships were sunk or seriously damaged, as well as many smaller vessels and more than 200 planes were destroyed. Speaking before Congress, President Roosevelt called December 7 "a date which will live in infamy." The war would last until 1945.
Kenneth worked in the Norfolk shipyards during World War II. He worked as a pipe fitter, plumber, and factory worker. He retired from Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company, Petersburg, Virginia. Kenneth died in the Hopewell Nursing Home, Hopewell, Virginia. He was suffering from emphysema and heart failure. He is buried in Southlawn Memorial Park, Prince George, Virginia.
Addresses:
1920: Boisseu Street, Ettrick, Virginia.
1930: Third Avenue, Ettrick, Virginia.
KENNETH RASH WADE
Kenneth's mother died when he was 3 years old. His father remarried when he was 9 years old. Except for the time he spent in the Navy, he lived all of his life in Ettrick, Virginia.
According to the 1920 census, Matoaca District 13, Chesterfield, Virginia, Kenneth was 9 years old and living in the household of his father W.R. and his stepmither Emma. He was listed in the 1927 Petersburg, Virginia directory as a helper, living at 44 3rd Avenue as a roomer/ boarder. According to the 1930 Etrick (Matoaca) District census, Kenneth was 19 years old.
Kenneth spent 2 years in the Navy, beginning around 1928. He was stationed on the U.S.S. Arizona. The Arizona was launched 19 June 1915. She served with the Atlantic Fleet during World War I. In 1920 she was outfitted to carry aircraft for scouting and spotting the fall of shells from her guns. She spent 1929-1931 being modernized. The Warner Brothers movie "Here Comes the Navy". starring Jimmy Cagney and Pat O'Brien, used the Arizona as a location in spring of 1934. The movie was one of the nominees for the Academy Award in 1935. She was relocated to Pearl Harbor with the rest of the fleet as tensions in the Pacific rose. The Arizona was sunk in Pearl Harbor by the Japanese at the beginning of World War II.
In 1932, Kenneth worked as a lifeguard at Lake View Park. In 1939, he was a rayon worker at DuPont in Richmond, Virginia, and in 1941 he was working as a spinner. He had to leave that job due to bad health caused by exposure to chemicals in the plant.
When Kenneth was 31 years old, America entered World War II. On 7 December 1941, at 7:55 in the morning Japanese planes attacked the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Suddenly, without warning, with no declaration of war, planes launched from carriers had appeared over the Pacific. After dropping their bombs, they roared away, leaving 2,343 American soldiers and marines dead and 1,272 injured. Eight battleships were sunk or seriously damaged, as well as many smaller vessels and more than 200 planes were destroyed. Speaking before Congress, President Roosevelt called December 7 "a date which will live in infamy." The war would last until 1945.
Kenneth worked in the Norfolk shipyards during World War II. He worked as a pipe fitter, plumber, and factory worker. He retired from Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company, Petersburg, Virginia. Kenneth died in the Hopewell Nursing Home, Hopewell, Virginia. He was suffering from emphysema and heart failure. He is buried in Southlawn Memorial Park, Prince George, Virginia.
Addresses:
1920: Boisseu Street, Ettrick, Virginia.
1930: Third Avenue, Ettrick, Virginia.
Kenneth's mother died when he was 3 years old. His father remarried when he was 9 years old. Except for the time he spent in the Navy, he lived all of his life in Ettrick, Virginia.
According to the 1920 census, Matoaca District 13, Chesterfield, Virginia, Kenneth was 9 years old and living in the household of his father W.R. and his stepmither Emma. He was listed in the 1927 Petersburg, Virginia directory as a helper, living at 44 3rd Avenue as a roomer/ boarder. According to the 1930 Etrick (Matoaca) District census, Kenneth was 19 years old.
Kenneth spent 2 years in the Navy, beginning around 1928. He was stationed on the U.S.S. Arizona. The Arizona was launched 19 June 1915. She served with the Atlantic Fleet during World War I. In 1920 she was outfitted to carry aircraft for scouting and spotting the fall of shells from her guns. She spent 1929-1931 being modernized. The Warner Brothers movie "Here Comes the Navy". starring Jimmy Cagney and Pat O'Brien, used the Arizona as a location in spring of 1934. The movie was one of the nominees for the Academy Award in 1935. She was relocated to Pearl Harbor with the rest of the fleet as tensions in the Pacific rose. The Arizona was sunk in Pearl Harbor by the Japanese at the beginning of World War II.
In 1932, Kenneth worked as a lifeguard at Lake View Park. In 1939, he was a rayon worker at DuPont in Richmond, Virginia, and in 1941 he was working as a spinner. He had to leave that job due to bad health caused by exposure to chemicals in the plant.
When Kenneth was 31 years old, America entered World War II. On 7 December 1941, at 7:55 in the morning Japanese planes attacked the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Suddenly, without warning, with no declaration of war, planes launched from carriers had appeared over the Pacific. After dropping their bombs, they roared away, leaving 2,343 American soldiers and marines dead and 1,272 injured. Eight battleships were sunk or seriously damaged, as well as many smaller vessels and more than 200 planes were destroyed. Speaking before Congress, President Roosevelt called December 7 "a date which will live in infamy." The war would last until 1945.
Kenneth worked in the Norfolk shipyards during World War II. He worked as a pipe fitter, plumber, and factory worker. He retired from Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company, Petersburg, Virginia. Kenneth died in the Hopewell Nursing Home, Hopewell, Virginia. He was suffering from emphysema and heart failure. He is buried in Southlawn Memorial Park, Prince George, Virginia.
Addresses:
1920: Boisseu Street, Ettrick, Virginia.
1930: Third Avenue, Ettrick, Virginia.
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