OBITUARY
Graveside service for 1SG (Retired) Billy L. Brinkley, 90, Lawton will be at 11:00 AM Friday at Post Cemetery, Fort Sill with Chaplain (CPT) Ramon Pena officiating.
Sgt Brinkley died December 11, 2010 in Lawton.
Inurnment with full military honors will be under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service.
He was born April 24, 1920 in Leonard, Texas to Reese L. and Martha Lula (Driggers) Brinkley. He completed his basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas in 1942 with the old Cavalry Reserve Training Center when Fort Riley was still the Armyfs cavalry capital. His first duty after basic training was with the 11th Cavalry Regiment patrolling the Mexican border. The 11th gave up their horses in the summer of 1942 and was moved to Fort Riley for reactivation as the 11th Tank Battalion of the 10th Armored Division.
Sergeant Brinkley went through World War II with the 11th Battalion, earning the Silver Star, the Purple Heart and other awards and decorations. His post World War II service included duty with the 2nd Armored Division at Fort Hood, Texas and a tour of duty in Alaska. He married Inez Fields on May 29, 1946 at Fort Hood, Texas. They were married for 52 years when she passed in December 1999 at Oklahoma City.
Sergeant Brinkley was with the 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division at the outbreak of the Korean Conflict and was among the first to enter that conflict in 1950. For his service in Korea he received his second award of the Silver Star and the second award of the Purple Heart when he was severely wounded at Kin-ri Pass in November 1950. After recovery, subsequent assignments included duty at Fort Riley, Kansas, Fort Stewart, Georgia and additional overseas tours in Korea and Germany. First Sergeant Brinkley was acting Sergeant Major, 3rd Battalion, 1st Training Brigade, US Army Training Center, Fort Knox, Kentucky upon his retirement in 1968. Upon his retirement he moved to Lawton, Oklahoma, where he worked as an inspector for the State of Oklahoma for twenty years. He was a 32nd degree Mason.
On November 11, 2008 he married Madonna Scott in Lawton. He was a generous man of character who was respected and loved by all who knew him.
He is survived by his wife, Madonna Scott Brinkley, his children and their spouses, Dr. William and Beverly Brinkley, Edmond, Oklahoma, COL (Ret) Phillip and Lynne Brinkley, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Curtis and Janet Scott, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Ms. Rona Scott, Lawton and Debbie and Brad Stubbs, San Antonio, Texas; two sisters, Lila Duncan, Lawton, Helen Green, Leonard, Texas; grandchildren, LT James Brinkley, Charleston, South Carolina and LT Matthew and Rebecca Brinkley, Portsmouth, Virginia.
Our Thanks to Ms Stubbs for the Obituary, Sep 29, 2015
Graveside service for 1SG (Retired) Billy L. Brinkley, 90, Lawton will be at 11:00 AM Friday at Post Cemetery, Fort Sill with Chaplain (CPT) Ramon Pena officiating.
Sgt Brinkley died December 11, 2010 in Lawton.
Inurnment with full military honors will be under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service.
He was born April 24, 1920 in Leonard, Texas to Reese L. and Martha Lula (Driggers) Brinkley. He completed his basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas in 1942 with the old Cavalry Reserve Training Center when Fort Riley was still the Armyfs cavalry capital. His first duty after basic training was with the 11th Cavalry Regiment patrolling the Mexican border. The 11th gave up their horses in the summer of 1942 and was moved to Fort Riley for reactivation as the 11th Tank Battalion of the 10th Armored Division.
Sergeant Brinkley went through World War II with the 11th Battalion, earning the Silver Star, the Purple Heart and other awards and decorations. His post World War II service included duty with the 2nd Armored Division at Fort Hood, Texas and a tour of duty in Alaska. He married Inez Fields on May 29, 1946 at Fort Hood, Texas. They were married for 52 years when she passed in December 1999 at Oklahoma City.
Sergeant Brinkley was with the 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division at the outbreak of the Korean Conflict and was among the first to enter that conflict in 1950. For his service in Korea he received his second award of the Silver Star and the second award of the Purple Heart when he was severely wounded at Kin-ri Pass in November 1950. After recovery, subsequent assignments included duty at Fort Riley, Kansas, Fort Stewart, Georgia and additional overseas tours in Korea and Germany. First Sergeant Brinkley was acting Sergeant Major, 3rd Battalion, 1st Training Brigade, US Army Training Center, Fort Knox, Kentucky upon his retirement in 1968. Upon his retirement he moved to Lawton, Oklahoma, where he worked as an inspector for the State of Oklahoma for twenty years. He was a 32nd degree Mason.
On November 11, 2008 he married Madonna Scott in Lawton. He was a generous man of character who was respected and loved by all who knew him.
He is survived by his wife, Madonna Scott Brinkley, his children and their spouses, Dr. William and Beverly Brinkley, Edmond, Oklahoma, COL (Ret) Phillip and Lynne Brinkley, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Curtis and Janet Scott, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Ms. Rona Scott, Lawton and Debbie and Brad Stubbs, San Antonio, Texas; two sisters, Lila Duncan, Lawton, Helen Green, Leonard, Texas; grandchildren, LT James Brinkley, Charleston, South Carolina and LT Matthew and Rebecca Brinkley, Portsmouth, Virginia.
Our Thanks to Ms Stubbs for the Obituary, Sep 29, 2015
OBITUARY
Graveside service for 1SG (Retired) Billy L. Brinkley, 90, Lawton will be at 11:00 AM Friday at Post Cemetery, Fort Sill with Chaplain (CPT) Ramon Pena officiating.
Sgt Brinkley died December 11, 2010 in Lawton.
Inurnment with full military honors will be under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service.
He was born April 24, 1920 in Leonard, Texas to Reese L. and Martha Lula (Driggers) Brinkley. He completed his basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas in 1942 with the old Cavalry Reserve Training Center when Fort Riley was still the Armyfs cavalry capital. His first duty after basic training was with the 11th Cavalry Regiment patrolling the Mexican border. The 11th gave up their horses in the summer of 1942 and was moved to Fort Riley for reactivation as the 11th Tank Battalion of the 10th Armored Division.
Sergeant Brinkley went through World War II with the 11th Battalion, earning the Silver Star, the Purple Heart and other awards and decorations. His post World War II service included duty with the 2nd Armored Division at Fort Hood, Texas and a tour of duty in Alaska. He married Inez Fields on May 29, 1946 at Fort Hood, Texas. They were married for 52 years when she passed in December 1999 at Oklahoma City.
Sergeant Brinkley was with the 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division at the outbreak of the Korean Conflict and was among the first to enter that conflict in 1950. For his service in Korea he received his second award of the Silver Star and the second award of the Purple Heart when he was severely wounded at Kin-ri Pass in November 1950. After recovery, subsequent assignments included duty at Fort Riley, Kansas, Fort Stewart, Georgia and additional overseas tours in Korea and Germany. First Sergeant Brinkley was acting Sergeant Major, 3rd Battalion, 1st Training Brigade, US Army Training Center, Fort Knox, Kentucky upon his retirement in 1968. Upon his retirement he moved to Lawton, Oklahoma, where he worked as an inspector for the State of Oklahoma for twenty years. He was a 32nd degree Mason.
On November 11, 2008 he married Madonna Scott in Lawton. He was a generous man of character who was respected and loved by all who knew him.
He is survived by his wife, Madonna Scott Brinkley, his children and their spouses, Dr. William and Beverly Brinkley, Edmond, Oklahoma, COL (Ret) Phillip and Lynne Brinkley, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Curtis and Janet Scott, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Ms. Rona Scott, Lawton and Debbie and Brad Stubbs, San Antonio, Texas; two sisters, Lila Duncan, Lawton, Helen Green, Leonard, Texas; grandchildren, LT James Brinkley, Charleston, South Carolina and LT Matthew and Rebecca Brinkley, Portsmouth, Virginia.
Our Thanks to Ms Stubbs for the Obituary, Sep 29, 2015
Graveside service for 1SG (Retired) Billy L. Brinkley, 90, Lawton will be at 11:00 AM Friday at Post Cemetery, Fort Sill with Chaplain (CPT) Ramon Pena officiating.
Sgt Brinkley died December 11, 2010 in Lawton.
Inurnment with full military honors will be under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service.
He was born April 24, 1920 in Leonard, Texas to Reese L. and Martha Lula (Driggers) Brinkley. He completed his basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas in 1942 with the old Cavalry Reserve Training Center when Fort Riley was still the Armyfs cavalry capital. His first duty after basic training was with the 11th Cavalry Regiment patrolling the Mexican border. The 11th gave up their horses in the summer of 1942 and was moved to Fort Riley for reactivation as the 11th Tank Battalion of the 10th Armored Division.
Sergeant Brinkley went through World War II with the 11th Battalion, earning the Silver Star, the Purple Heart and other awards and decorations. His post World War II service included duty with the 2nd Armored Division at Fort Hood, Texas and a tour of duty in Alaska. He married Inez Fields on May 29, 1946 at Fort Hood, Texas. They were married for 52 years when she passed in December 1999 at Oklahoma City.
Sergeant Brinkley was with the 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division at the outbreak of the Korean Conflict and was among the first to enter that conflict in 1950. For his service in Korea he received his second award of the Silver Star and the second award of the Purple Heart when he was severely wounded at Kin-ri Pass in November 1950. After recovery, subsequent assignments included duty at Fort Riley, Kansas, Fort Stewart, Georgia and additional overseas tours in Korea and Germany. First Sergeant Brinkley was acting Sergeant Major, 3rd Battalion, 1st Training Brigade, US Army Training Center, Fort Knox, Kentucky upon his retirement in 1968. Upon his retirement he moved to Lawton, Oklahoma, where he worked as an inspector for the State of Oklahoma for twenty years. He was a 32nd degree Mason.
On November 11, 2008 he married Madonna Scott in Lawton. He was a generous man of character who was respected and loved by all who knew him.
He is survived by his wife, Madonna Scott Brinkley, his children and their spouses, Dr. William and Beverly Brinkley, Edmond, Oklahoma, COL (Ret) Phillip and Lynne Brinkley, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Curtis and Janet Scott, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Ms. Rona Scott, Lawton and Debbie and Brad Stubbs, San Antonio, Texas; two sisters, Lila Duncan, Lawton, Helen Green, Leonard, Texas; grandchildren, LT James Brinkley, Charleston, South Carolina and LT Matthew and Rebecca Brinkley, Portsmouth, Virginia.
Our Thanks to Ms Stubbs for the Obituary, Sep 29, 2015
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May Wheeler Brinkley Hargis
1904–1985
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Opal Vera Brinkley Kinnard Plummer
1907–1984
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Clara Mercella Brinkley Davis Morse
1908–1987
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Arlie B Brinkley
1911–1964
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Volney Leslie Brinkley
1911–1934
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Lila Willow Brinkley Duncan
1914–2017
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Jewell Truett "Brink" Brinkley
1916–2000
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James Lee "Doc" Brinkley
1918–1976
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Helen Faye Brinkley Green
1920–2020
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