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Note: From SSDI:
Name: Victor A. Oglesby
SSN: 258-20-6392
Last Residence: 37412 Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee
Born: 19 Feb 1923
Died: 4 Mar 2005
State (Year) SSN issued: Georgia (Before 1951 )
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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record:
Name: Victor A. Oglesby
Birth Year: 1923
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: Georgia
State: Georgia
County or City: Pike
Enlistment Date: 20 Nov 1942
Enlistment State: Georgia
Enlistment City: Fort Mcpherson Atlanta
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: 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
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 1 year of college
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 68
Weight: 128
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U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006:
Name: Victor Alton Oglesby
Service Info.: CPL US ARMY WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 19 Feb 1923
Death Date: 4 Mar 2005
Cemetery: Chattanooga National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 1200 Bailey Avenue Chattanooga, TN 37404
Buried At: Section GGG Site 661
Inscription on headstone: "It is well with my soul"
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After serving in World War II, acted as a drug clerk at City Drug in Thomaston, Georgia; sold insurance products; worked for a time in the cotton mills; and began career with B. F. Goodrich Tire Corporation in the early 1950s. The career with Goodrich took him to stints as assistant store manager in Brimingham, Alabama in 1958; store manager in Selma, Alabama, in 1959; store manager in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1962; and store manager in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 1971.
In January 1972 suffered a major heart attack in Tuscaloosa. After recovery, he continued with B. F. Goodrich in a diminished role at Coker Tire Co. in Chattanooga. After a couple of years he officially retired from Goodrich but continued working as store manager at Coker Tire, from which he retired in the mid-1980s, but continued to help out parttime for several years thereafter.
Known affectionately as "Banddaddy" to his grandchildren, Al was "retired" for almost 20 years preceding his death, but remained busy with his involvement [deacon and otherwise] at South Seminole Baptist Church; his yard work for several of the "widder women" in East Ridge; his puttering around with small engine & truck repair, and building birdhouses and woodworking projects; and serving as a mentor and guiding light to his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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