Honoring Service: Veteran Corinne Elaine Werner – McKenna, WWII
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Corinne Elaine Werner – McKenna was born on February 7, 1921, in Brooklyn, New York, to Mabel Vivana Benson-Leonard, age 29, and William Ernest Werner, age 28. She had a sister Helen and two brothers Robert and William. In Rye, her family lived at 45 Harbor Terrace Drive and were members of the Church of the Resurrection.
Date of Birth: 2/7/1921
Died On: 1/9/1995
Street Address: 8 Ellsworth Street
Service Number: A-204574
Branch of Service: Women’s Army Corps-WWII
Last Residence: 33714, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, USA
She attended Rye schools and was a Rye High School Graduate (Class of 1939) and Lasalle Junior College. Before the war she worked as a sales clerk for Harris Upham & Co.
Corinne enlisted in the Army on August 9, 1943, in New York City. She served in the Women’s Army Corps during World War II. During her service, Corinne traveled overseas to England where she helped ready combat planes for battle. On November 14, 1945, Werner was honorably discharged from service after two years in England.
Her brother William Werner was killed in action on November 18, 1943 in the Battle of Sattelberg in New Guinea. Corinne married Brown Graduate and former army Air Corps member Harold McKenna, of Taunton, Massachusetts on May 25, 1946, at her home in Rye. After their honeymoon, the couple resided in Falmouth, MA.
Corinne Elaine Werner-McKenna died January 9, 1995 in St. Petersburg Florida. She was 73. More on Werner-McKenna.
