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Remember...Edwin Neil Brissey
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Edwin Neil Brissey was born on November 8, 1919, in Harrisville, Ritchie County, West Virginia to parents Allen Grandberry Thurman and Goldie Murle Brissey. Edwin had two younger brothers, Howell Eugene and Richard Davis. Edwin's father was a teacher who migrated from Harrisville to Union to Tenmile in Harrison County. After his high school graduation in Harrison County, Edwin attended Salem College and later worked at the Hazel Atlas Glass Company in Clarksburg.
Edwin Neil Brissey joined the U.S. Army Air Force in January 1942; in December of that year, he married Lynette Irene Vaughn of Parkersburg. They would have a daughter Lynette Marie in October of 1944. In the Air Force, Brissey became a pilot and rose to the rank of captain. His unit's assignment was part of the India-China command, which involved flying supplies "over the hump." He lost his life on a July 4, 1945, mission and was officially declared dead on July 5, 1946.
For a more detailed biography of Capt. Edwin Brissey, visit his biography page, written by Olivia Bolliger and Paige Shamblin, at the West Virginia National Cemeteries Project, courtesy of the West Virginia Humanities Council: https://wvhumanities.org/wp-content/national_cemeteries/Brissey_Edwin_Neil.pdf
West Virginia Archives and History welcomes any additional information that can be provided about these veterans, including photographs, family names, letters and other relevant personal history.
