Vernal John Bird

1918 - 1944  (25 years)

• Name	Vernal John Bird
  Born	29 Oct 1918	Lindon, Utah, Utah, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	Mar 1944	Papua New Guinea
  	On March 12, 1944 he was on his eighth mission flying his A-20G Havoc over Boram Airstrip near Wewak, Papua New Guinea. His plain began lagging behind. The plain was subsequently lost in the Prince Alexander Range.
  Military	25 Sep 2013	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  	Below are links to video of Vernal's arrival home: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbrEjF0m8WE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bDcg7_nipE
  Buried	28 Sep 2013	Springville, Utah, Utah, United States
  Person ID	I966	Bird-Metcalf
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2014

  
  

  Father	Walter Freeman Bird,   b. 31 Mar 1869, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States ,   d. 16 Nov 1941, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Christina Persson,   b. 4 Aug 1879, Jamtlands, Lan, Sweden ,   d. 27 Feb 1963, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  (Age 83 years)
  Married	23 Jan 1919	Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah, United States   [1]
  Family ID	F419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 29 Oct 1918 - Lindon, Utah, Utah, United States Died - Mar 1944 - Papua New Guinea Military - Below are links to video of Vernal's arrival home: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbrEjF0m8WE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bDcg7_nipE - 25 Sep 2013 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Buried - 28 Sep 2013 - Springville, Utah, Utah, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		1920 U.S. Census - Walter Freeman Bird Name: Walter F Bird Age: 49 Birth Year: abt 1871 Birthplace: Utah Home in 1920: Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Christiana A Bird Father's Birthplace: England Mother's Birthplace: England Home Owned: Own Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Walter F Bird 49 Christiana A Bird 40 Olive Bird 16 Helen Ash 16 Eveline Bird 15 Joseph H Ash 14 Arabella Bird 13 Helen Bird 11 Oliver F Bird 7 Vernal J Bird 1[1 2/12]
  		1940 U.S. Census - Walter Freeman Bird Name: Walter F Bird Respondent: Yes Age: 71 Estimated birth year: abt 1869 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Sweden Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Home in 1940: Springville, Utah, Utah Map of Home in 1940: Street: East Ninth South Street House Number: Rfd Farm: NO Inferred Residence in 1935: Linden, Utah, Utah Residence in 1935: Linden, Utah, Utah Resident on farm in 1935: Yes Citizenship: Naturalized Sheet Number: 13B Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 238 Occupation: Retired House Owned or Rented: Owned Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 1200 Attended School or College: No Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 5th grade Weeks Worked in 1939: 0 Income: 0 Income Other Sources: Yes Walter F Bird 71 Christinie A Bird 60 Vernal J Bird 21
  		Obituary for Vernal Bird

  
  

• Sources

  [S17] Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937. Name: Christina Pearson Ash Gender: Female Age: 38 Birth Date: 1880 Marriage Date: 23 Jan 1918 Marriage Place: Salt Lake, Utah, United States Spouse: Walter Freeman Bird FHL Film Number: 429098