SFC Albert B. Loomis
1921 – 1985
USAR
WWII
Albert Bert Loomis was born October 16, 1921 in Filmore, Minnesota, to Albert and Bertha May Hickey Loomis.
The family moved to Illinois in 1924 when his father was reunited with his birth mother.
Loomis entered the U.S. Army for service in World War II on September 16, 1940, and served until September 25, 1945. He re-enlisted March 29, 1949 and was honorably discharged as a Sergeant First Class on April 6, 1952.
Loomis married his brother’s widow, Loretta McGrane Loomis, on March 30, 1963 in Crown Point, Indiana.
SFC Albert Loomis died in Island Lake on March 25, 1985, and is buried with his wife and brother in Barrington’s Evergreen Cemetery.
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Courtesy of Signal Hill Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.