Military Involvement
| Servicemen * Bl - surnames |
Guilford Newton Black was born Aug. 20, 1918 to Roy Almon and Flora Mae Miller Black. He died Sept. 26, 1943 and is buried in Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Cambridge, England.
2nd Lt. Black served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps and was awarded the Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov
Harry J. Black was born Feb. 4, 1925 to Harry and Laura T. Hammel Black. He died Jan. 3, 1994 and is buried in Ottumwa Cemetery, Ottumwa, IA.
Harry served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Eugene Blankenship was born Mar. 26, 1920 to Roy and Clara Cook Blankenship. He died Jan. 22, 1945 and is buried in Ottumwa Cemetery, Ottumwa, IA.
Robert served with the U.S. Army Air Corps 301st Bomb Squadron, 84th Bomb Group.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Jul 2020; updated Jul 2021 & Oct 2023