. Frederick Calhoun Kirkpatrick, Jr was born October 27, 1919 at Yell County Arkansas to Fredrick Calhoun & Emma Gordon Coke Kirkpatrick. January 12, 1941 he married Mary Beth Bell. in Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Ar. where they both resided. A draft registraton card has not been found for Fred. He enlisted in the US Army October 8, 1942 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Enlistment Record Full Name: Fred C Kirkpatrick Army Serial Number: 38291733 Enlistment Place: Little Rock Arkansas Enlistment Date: 8 Oct 1942 Army Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers Service Branch: Army Race or Ethnicity: White Residence: Sebastian County, Arkansas Enlistment Term: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Source of Army Personnel: Civil Life Army Component Selectees: (Enlisted Men) Level of Education: 1 year of college Occupation: Bookkeeping machine operators Marital Status: Married Birth Date: 1919 Birth Place: Arkansas Conflict Period: World War II Served for: United States of America U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954 Name: Fred C Kirkpatrick Race: White (includes Mexican) (White) Rank: Enlisted Man (includes Aviation Cadet or Student) Admission Age: 26 Birth Date: abt 1919 Admission Date: Apr 1945 Discharge Date: May 1945 Discharge Place: General Hospital Military Branch: Finance Department Diagnosis: Fracture, compound, comminuted with no nerve or artery involvement; Location: Phalanges of ring finger; Causative Agent: Automobile, Truck, Passenger in, During Accident Type of Injury: Non-battle injury; Medical Treatment: Fracture, compound, closed, treatment of, w/splints/casts; or Fracture w/bone fragment removal & cast Type of Discharge: Duty Length of Service: 2-3 yr. Service Number: 38291733 His obituary below tells his story. For more information about his time with the 3rd Army you can CLICK HERE and scroll down to WWII. Fort Smith Times Record Sept 5, 2019 Transcription of above Fred C. Kirkpatrick was born on October 27, 1919 in Plainview (Yell County) Arkansas to Fred Sr. and Emma Coker Kirkpatrick and passed away on September 2, 2019. Mr. Kirkpatrick retired after 80 years association with Fort Smith Coca-Cola Bottling Company as Operations Manager, Consultant, and Curator of the Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia, which he originated and developed. He also, in the last three years, created the Archives Room containing exhibits depicting the history of Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Fort Smith. He was a member of First United Methodist Church and the Aldersgate Sunday School Class. He was a World War II veteran, serving with a unit of the 3rd Army in Europe for more than two years and was awarded five Bronze Stars for Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes and Central Europe campaigns. Fred was a 1992 recipient of the Social Studies Educators Frontier Achievement Award, member of the American Legion Post 31 and was a Life Member of the American Philatelic Society, as well as a past member of the Noon Lions Club. In past years, he was active in the Boy Scouts, serving as Cub master at Rogers Elementary School and as Post Advisor of Explorer Post 2 at First Methodist Church and a 1962 recipient of the Scouter's Key Award. He was also active in the early years of the Church league Baseball program, serving as a coach for several years. Mr. Kirkpatrick was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Mary Beth Kirkpatrick; and a brother, Kenneth Kirkpatrick of Longview, Texas. Survivors are two daughters, Beth Janes (Randy) of Fort Smith, Lynn Franquemont (Jim) of Little Rock; and a son, Judge Fred Kirkpatrick (Mary) of Harrison; a sister, Gail Tompkins of Little Rock; seven grandchildren: Greg Kirkpatrick of North Little Rock, Elizabeth Stephens (Wendell) of Harrison, Katie Bell (Adam) of Harrison, Ellen Mufti (Yusuf) of Cranford, New Jersey, Karen Sher of West Hartford, Connecticut, Lindsey Lamb (Ben) of Little Rock, Matthew Vigneault (Alison) of Little Rock; six great-grandchildren: Garrett Kirkpatrick, Alexandra Wilkinson (Ryan), Michael Stephens, Anna Mufti, Mesha Mcaway, Nicole Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, Benny Lamb and Madison Lamb. Visitation with friends and family will be at 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 6th in the Narthex at First United Methodist Church at 200 N. 15th Street with the service to follow at 11:00 a.m. in Roebuck Chapel. Arrangements are under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home.