Clarence Leslie BELCHER
Page last updated 13 January 2024.
Clarence Leslie Belcher
Kacie's Photography, 2017.
Nickname: Buster (someone looking at him as a baby said “he’s a buster of a baby”)
Birth: 19 July 1920 in Kegley, Mercer County, West Virginia
Death: 4 May 1953 in Oceana, Princess Anne, Virginia (gunshot)
Burial: Resthaven Memorial Park cemetery, Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia, Garden of Devotion
Headstone Text: CLARENCE L BELCHER / WEST VIRGINIA / PFC CO C 291 INFANTRY REGT / WORLD WAR II BSM-PH / JULY 19 1920 MAY 4 1953
Parents: William Burl BELCHER and Minnie Etta BELCHER (m. DUNCAN)
Parents' Children:
Spouse: Vivian Frances UNDERWOOD
Marriage: 5 February 1936 in Raleigh, Raleigh County, West Virginia
Children:
He was too young to get a marriage license, so his brother-in-law, Clarence Blankenship, went with him. They were able to pass the brother-in-law’s identification off as his so Buster’s parents would not need to sign the application.
Military Service: Served in the U.S. Army during World War II, leaving as a Private First Class, Company C, 291st Infantry Regiment. Decorated with a Bronze Star and Purple Heart. Lost his leg in Germany due to a sniper.
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: Clarence is buried in the Garden of Devotion. Also buried in this cemetery is his father -- William.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#125802038), FamilySearch website (#L7XB-P38), and family records.
m. = maiden name
h1., h2. = surname of first husband, second husband
Birth: 19 July 1920 in Kegley, Mercer County, West Virginia
Death: 4 May 1953 in Oceana, Princess Anne, Virginia (gunshot)
Burial: Resthaven Memorial Park cemetery, Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia, Garden of Devotion
Headstone Text: CLARENCE L BELCHER / WEST VIRGINIA / PFC CO C 291 INFANTRY REGT / WORLD WAR II BSM-PH / JULY 19 1920 MAY 4 1953
Parents: William Burl BELCHER and Minnie Etta BELCHER (m. DUNCAN)
Parents' Children:
- George Melvin BELCHER
- William Carl BELCHER
- Pansy Elizabeth NEAL (m. BELCHER)
- Roy Wilson BELCHER
- Ida Ruth BLANKENSHIP (m. BELCHER)
- Minnie Helen WHITE (m. BELCHER)
- Clarence Leslie BELCHER
- Ruby Mae HELMS (m. BELCHER, h1. THORNE)
- Wilma Kathleen THORNE (m. BELCHER)
Spouse: Vivian Frances UNDERWOOD
Marriage: 5 February 1936 in Raleigh, Raleigh County, West Virginia
Children:
- William Leslie BELCHER
- Vera Mae ERNEST (m. BELCHER)
- Norma Jean BELCHER
- Margaret Ann GOODMAN (m. BELCHER)
- Mary Frances ROBINSON (m. BELCHER, h1. CARPENTER, h2. BAUCOM)
- Angela MARTINEZ (m. BELCHER, h1. JONES)
- Lahoma Lee BELCHER
He was too young to get a marriage license, so his brother-in-law, Clarence Blankenship, went with him. They were able to pass the brother-in-law’s identification off as his so Buster’s parents would not need to sign the application.
Military Service: Served in the U.S. Army during World War II, leaving as a Private First Class, Company C, 291st Infantry Regiment. Decorated with a Bronze Star and Purple Heart. Lost his leg in Germany due to a sniper.
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: Clarence is buried in the Garden of Devotion. Also buried in this cemetery is his father -- William.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#125802038), FamilySearch website (#L7XB-P38), and family records.
m. = maiden name
h1., h2. = surname of first husband, second husband
