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Garland Blair

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Garland Blair Veteran

Birth
Johnson County, Kentucky, USA
Death
12 Oct 1931 (aged 28)
Yorktown Heights, Westchester County, New York, USA
Burial
Montague, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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Tpr. GARLAND BLAIR - NYSP - TROOP K - 12 OCT 1931 - in an auto accident.

Trooper Garland Blair, 29, was killed instantly on October 12, 1931 when the open touring car in which he was a passenger rolled over twice. Trooper Blair, a two-year veteran assigned to Hawthorne, was returning from a burglary investigation when his partner, the operator of the vehicle, was blinded by the lights of an oncoming car and forced off Route 100 in Yorktown Heights. Trooper Blair was immediately transported to an area doctor's residence by a passing motorist but was pronounced dead on arrival.

Trooper Blair served in the U.S. Navy during World War I and came to New York from Zan Lier, Kentucky.
Tpr. GARLAND BLAIR - NYSP - TROOP K - 12 OCT 1931 - in an auto accident.

Trooper Garland Blair, 29, was killed instantly on October 12, 1931 when the open touring car in which he was a passenger rolled over twice. Trooper Blair, a two-year veteran assigned to Hawthorne, was returning from a burglary investigation when his partner, the operator of the vehicle, was blinded by the lights of an oncoming car and forced off Route 100 in Yorktown Heights. Trooper Blair was immediately transported to an area doctor's residence by a passing motorist but was pronounced dead on arrival.

Trooper Blair served in the U.S. Navy during World War I and came to New York from Zan Lier, Kentucky.

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  • Created by: KDJ3
  • Added: Nov 30, 2019
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205111547/garland-blair: accessed ), memorial page for Garland Blair (25 Oct 1902–12 Oct 1931), Find a Grave Memorial ID 205111547, citing Montague Dutch Reformed Churchyard, Montague, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by KDJ3 (contributor 48731822).