DEATH CERTIFICATE

WALLACE E. AMBURGEY

Date 18 July 1948
Cert:  14776 
Place of Death: County:  Jefferson      City or Town:  Rural
Name of Hospital or Institution: Nichols Veterans Administration Hospital 
Length of stay in hospital or community:  02 days
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Kentucky  County: Knott
City or Town:  Hindman
Full Name:  Wallace E. AMBURGEY 
If Veteran Name War:  World War II
Social Security No.:  unk
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Male, White, Single
Husband or Wife of:   (blank) 
Age of husband or wife if alive:  (blank)
Birth date of deceased:  07 January 1925 
Age: 23 years, 06 months, 12 days  
Birthplace:  Hindman, Kentucky 
Occupation:  Bullard Operator 
Industry or business:  Tempkin Bearing
Father Name:  Marcus AMBURGEY 
Father Birthplace:  Hindman, Kentucky 
Mother Maiden Name:  Cassie CAMPBELL 
Mother Birthplace:  Hindman, Kentucky 
Informant:  Hospital Records, VA Hospital, Louisville 2, Ky. 
Burial Place:  Hazard, Kentucky 
Date:  19 July 1948 
Signature of funeral director: H. Bosse & Son, 600 E. Bdwy. St.,
Date received by local registrar:  23 July 1948 
Registrar's Signature:  (illegible) 
Date of Death:  18 July 1948 
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 16 July 1948 to 18 July 1948, that I last saw him alive on 18 July 1948, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 7:12 p.m. 
Immediate cause of death:  Traumatic Transverse Myelitis, Thoracic Two.
Due to:  Gunshot wound
Major findings of autopsy: same as above
Accident, suicide, or homicide:  Homicide
Date of occurrence:  15 July 1948
Where did injury occur:  near Hazard, Ky.
While at work:  (blank)
Means of injury:  Shot in back
Signature: Dr. Paul S. Osborne, Coroner, Fiscal Court Bldg., Louisville, Ky.
Date signed:  (blank) 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 14 February 2010