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Sunday, March 17, 2013

Duncan Patrick Cameron

The Archives of Michigan houses the following form:


Cameron, Duncan Patrick
5,247,938 (Army serial number)
Trout Creek, Outonogan [sic] MICHIGAN
Enlisted: R.A. N.G. E.R.G.
Inducted at:  Kalamazoo  Mich  Oct 2  18
Place of birth: Kenton Mich   Age or date of birth  Sept 12/99
Organizations served in, with dates of assignments and transfers:  Co B  Students Army Tng C Western State Norman[sic] Kalamazoo  Mich
Grades, with date of appointment: Pvt
Wounds or other injuries received in action:  None
Served overseas from :None
Honorably discharged on demobilization Dec 15/18
In view of occupation he was, on date of discharge, reported 0 percent disabled.
Form No. 724-1, A.G.O.
Nov. 22, 1919.

Is there a photo of Duncan Patrick Cameron at the digitized collection at Western Michigan University?  I don't know; slow connection made it difficult to check.

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Bruce Warren, Husband of Ruth Cameron of Trout Creek

Ruth Cameron, daughter of Duncan Patrick and Dorothy (Westnedge) Cameron, married Bruce Warren, a native of Kalamazoo, Michigan. 

He was a football star at Purdue University:

 [Photo from the Purdue e-Archives]

After graduating from Purdue in 1943, Bruce Warren served as a Marine Officer in the Pacific Island Campaign of World War II (per his obituary in the Iron Mountain Daily News, December 14, 2005).

Bruce Warren was mentioned in an article in the Houston Chronicle entitled "It was the last game for many World War II marines," about the "Mosquito Bowl" played on Guadalcanal Island by two pick-up Marine Corps teams in 1944.

After his marriage to Ruth he then lived in Trout Creek in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.


From: Michigan High School Coaches' Directory

1957 - 58
Trout Creek High
Athletic Director:  Bruce Warren
Basketball Coach:  Bruce Warren
Baseball Coach:  Bruce Warren
School Colors:  Red & White
Nickname:  Anglers

Ruth Cameron's great-grandparents, Duncan & Ellen (Cameron) Cameron were my 2nd great-grandparents.