From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (African American Women Veterans in and from Kentucky)

Bivens, Bridget Viola

(born: December 10, 1919 - died: August 13, 1988)

Subject

Women's Army Corps (WACs)

WACs 6888th Postal Battalion

Migration North

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. Census when they were living in Bardstown.

Bridget Viola Bivens 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. In the Army, she was a member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. After her military service, she was employed for 40 years at the U.S. Army Finance and Accounting Center at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indiana. She was the Supervisor of Retired Pay. Bridget Viola Bivens died in Indianapolis, IN, and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery.

Sources: Kentucky Birth Index in Ancestry; U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index (Ancestry); see Bridget Viola Bivens at Find A Grave; "Obituaries: Bridget Viola Bivens," The Indianapolis Star, 08/14/1988, p.B8; Indiana Death Certificate State #88-031772 (Ancestry).