Elbert Perry PISTOLE

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Portales > District 150, 1920, Roosevelt County, NM. line 4, part of "family" 88
Pistole, Elbert inmate [orphanage] 6 TX AR TX

line 7, part of "family" 88
Pistole, Ruth inmate [orphanage] 5 TX AR TX

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• Military: enlistment, 1945, TX. Name: Elbert P Pistole
Birth Year: 1912
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Texas
State of Residence: Minnesota
County or City: Hennepin

Enlistment Date: 4 Dec 1945
Enlistment State: Texas
Enlistment City: San Antonio
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)
Source: National Guard in Federal Service, within 3 months of Discharge

Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Doormen
Marital Status: Married
Height: 09
Weight: 650

• Cemetery: Ft. Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, 1983, Hennepin County, MN. Name: Elbert Perry Pistole
Service Info.: CWO US AIR FORCE WORLD WAR II, KOREA
Birth Date: 2 Apr 1912
Death Date: 17 Jan 1983
Service Start Date: 22 May 1940
Interment Date: 10 Feb 1983
Cemetery: Ft. Snelling National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 7601 34th Avenue, South Minneapolis, MN 55450
Buried At: Section E Site 759

Elbert married Virginia Myrtle JORDAHL, daughter of Bernhard Magnus JORDAHL and Nina Andrea MILLER. (Virginia Myrtle JORDAHL was born on 10 Mar 1922 in Hennepin County, MN ¹ and died on 27 May 1989 in Matagorda County, TX ^{2 3}.)