From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (African American Women Veterans in and from Kentucky)
Military Branch
Women's Army Corps
Active Duty Entered
April 13, 1943
Active Duty Exit
December 6, 1945
Awards & Decorations
6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
Notes
Bridget Viola Bivens was born in Bardstown, KY, the daughter of Mary Gertrude Green and Joseph Harry Bivens. The family is enumerated in the 1920 and 1930 U.S. Censuses when they were living in Bardstown.
Bridget had been employed as an elevator operator and was living in Indianapolis, IN when she enlisted in the Army in 1943, according to her record in the National Archives, Access to Archival Databases. She was a member of the Army's 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. After her military service she was employed as the Supervisor of Retired Pay at the U.S. Army Finance and Accounting Center at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indiana for 40 years. Bridget Viola Bivens died in Indianapolis and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Sources: Kentucky Birth Index in Ancestry; U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index (Ancestry); Bridget Viola Bivens at Find A Grave; "Obituaries: Bridget Viola Bivens," The Indianapolis Star, 8/14/1988, p. B8; and Indiana Death Certificate State #88-031772 (Ancestry).
Bridget had been employed as an elevator operator and was living in Indianapolis, IN when she enlisted in the Army in 1943, according to her record in the National Archives, Access to Archival Databases. She was a member of the Army's 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. After her military service she was employed as the Supervisor of Retired Pay at the U.S. Army Finance and Accounting Center at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indiana for 40 years. Bridget Viola Bivens died in Indianapolis and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Sources: Kentucky Birth Index in Ancestry; U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index (Ancestry); Bridget Viola Bivens at Find A Grave; "Obituaries: Bridget Viola Bivens," The Indianapolis Star, 8/14/1988, p. B8; and Indiana Death Certificate State #88-031772 (Ancestry).
Kentucky County & Region
Read about Nelson County, Kentucky in Wikipedia.
Kentucky Place (Town or City)
Read about Bardstown, Kentucky in Wikipedia.
Outside Kentucky Place Name
Item Relations
Cited in this Entry
| NKAA Source: National Archives, Access to Archival Databases (online) |
| NKAA Source: Ancestry (online) |
| NKAA Source: Indianapolis star (newspaper) |
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Cite This NKAA Entry:
“Bivens, Bridget Viola,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed December 5, 2023, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300004519.
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