John Eakin

b 14 Jul 1921, Devol, OK

d 06 Nov 1973, Porter Memorial Hospital, Valparaiso, IN

buried 11 Nov 1973, Holland Cemetery, DeMotte, Jasper Co., Indiana

Social Security No. 309-18-9037

Parents

Clarence Eakin, b 28 Jan 1876, Maude Lee Shrell, b 02 Sep 1882

Marriage

Artha Lois Lageveen, 13 Jun 1947

b 03 Feb 1926, DeMotte, Jasper Co., Indiana

d 12 Jan 2004, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana

Children

John James Eakin, b 10 Apr 1948

Artha Laurel Eakin, b 24 Sep 1954

TIMELINE

1921 07 14 Devol, OK

1926 Spencer, IN

1927 Elletsville, IN

Attended Richland Township School

1936 Speedway, IN

Lived at 5121 W. 16^th Street

Attended Speedway High School

1940 05 Graduated from Speedway High School

Employed at Allison Division, General Motors Corp. Indianapolis, IN as a Tool-Grinder Operator

1942 06 10 Enlisted in U.S. Coast Guard

Height 5’ 10.5”, weight 150, eyes Brown, hair Black, Complexion Ruddy, Color White. Appendectomy scar

1942 11 24 CGTS Curtis Bay, MD

1943 04 28 CGAS San Diego, CA

Attended 20 week Aviation Machinist Mate school, CGAS San Diego, CA

1943 04 28 Aviation Machinist Mate 3^rd Class

1944 04 01 Aviation Machinist Mate 2^nd Class

1944 09 02 CGAS Miami, FL

1944 11 06 CGAS Brooklyn, NY

Attended 8 week Helicopter Hangar Maintenance school, CGAS Brooklyn, NY

Attended Aviation Chief Machinist Mate school, CG Institute

1944 11 06 CGAS Miami, FL

1944 12 05 CGRS Boston, MA

1945 03 31 CG Patrol Bomber Squadron VPB-6(CG), Argentia, Newfoundland, Canada

Bases at NAF Narsarssuaq, Greenland – Bluie West 1 - and Reykjavik, Iceland

http://www.warcovers.dk/greenland/vp6.htm

https://aoptero.org/vpb-6-uscg/

https://www.vpnavy.com/vp6cg_history.html

https://www.facebook.com/531374546931771/posts/uscg-historyon-this-day-october-5-1943-patrol-squadron-6-vp-6-cg-was-officially-/876437602425462/

https://cgaviationhistory.org/1943-coast-guard-patrol-squadron-vp-6cg-established/

AMM2 John Eakin, VP-6 1944

Native Greenlanders

Greenland

L to R – AMM2 John Eakin and unknown USCG member, Greenland 1944

1945 12 05 CGRS Boston, MA

1945 12 18 Separated from U.S. Coast Guard

Awarded Good Conduct Medal; American Area Campaign Medal; European-African-Middle Eastern campaign medal; World War II Victory Medal

30 months sea duty aboard or overseas

1945 12 18 Lived at 5121 W. 16^th St., Speedway, IN

Attended Ball State University, Muncie, IN

Met Artha Lois Eakin

1947 06 13 Married Artha Lois Eakin at the home of her parents, Arthur and Josina Lageveen, DeMotte, IN

1948 04 10 Son, John Eakin Jr., born

Lived in (the “luft nest”) DeMotte, IN

1948 Lived in Coral Gables, FL

1948 Attended University of Miami, Miami, FL

1952 Lived in Monticello, IN. Employed as salesman by Premier Advertising Co., (Jack Moore)

1953 Lived in DeMotte, IN. (Grandma Lageveen’s house) Employed at DeMotte Mercantile Co.

1954 Appointed by Jasper Co. Commissioner, Dan Sipkima, to fill remaining term of Jasper Co., IN, Auditor

1954 09 24 Birth of daughter, Artha Laurel Eakin

1956 Elected to four year term as Jasper Co., IN Auditor

1960 Elected to four year term as Jasper Co., IN Auditor (thence term limited)

Story time at the home of Norbert Kolb (3d from left)

L to R – Bob Florence, Bill Babcock, John Eakin – fishing camp in Wisconsin

L to R – Walt Arnett, Bill Babcock, John Eakin, Dick Arnett, Tony Pavel

Last Update 7/13/2021