Bert ECKARD (121599)
 

Hello,

is anyone able to help with following questions? I would like to know the exact date of his USN joining and also when he left the USN.

Thanks.

Regards Zdenek Kocab

Re: Bert ECKARD (121599)
 

Bert Eckard (4122577)
S2c V-5, enlisted, 7/2/1941 at Long Beach, Calif
S2c V-5, received NAS Corpus Christ,i 9/20/1941
S2c V-5, received NAS Jacksonville, 11/24/1941
S2c V-5, NAS Jacksonville, hon disc, appointed AvCad 11/27/1941

Bert Eckard (121599)
ENS, USNR AV(N), Date of rank, 5/15/1942
ENS, USNR AV(N), ACTGPac NAS San Diego F4F landing acc, 9/7/1942
ENS, USNR AV(N), VF-11 NAS Puunene, 11/14/1942
ENS, USNR AV(N), VF-11 NAS Puunene detached trnsf for assignment ComAirSoPac, 12/2/1942
ENS, USNR AV(N), ComAirSoPacFor for assignment, 12/15/1942
ENS, USNR AV(N), USS Copahee (CVE-12) aboard temporary assigned duty, aircraft ferry, 4/4/1943
LTJG, USNR AV(N), Date of rank, 5/1/1943
LT, USNR AV(N), Date of rank, 7/1/1944
LT, USNR A1, CASU-6 NAS Alameda temporary assigned duty from ComFAirWest for duty involving flying assignment, 2/1/1945
LT, USNR A1, VF-9 USS Lexington (CV-16), 2/10/1945
LT, USNR A1, VF-9 USS Yorktown (CV-10), 3/5/1945
LT, USNR A1, VF-9 USS Hornet (CV-12) embarked trnsp to US, 6/16/1945

Shows up as late as the 1955 USNR Register an a LT, but does not appear in the 1958 USN/USNR Register nor the 1959 USNR Register. So figure he left reserve service sometime after 1 Jan 1955 and before 1 Jan 1958.