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TSGT Roy Hamock Blansit Jr.

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TSGT Roy Hamock Blansit Jr.

Birth
Hamilton County, Texas, USA
Death
3 Feb 1944 (aged 22)
Burial
Hamilton, Hamilton County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Son of Roy Hamock Blansit and Willie Mullenix.

Killed in action while serving as as top turret gunner aboard a B17. His plane was lost in a raid over Germany and was believed to have crashed in the North Sea. His name is listed on the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England.
Recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart and Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters.

American Battle Monuments Commission:
Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 20846999
548th Bomber Squadron, 385th Bomber Group, Heavy
Entered the Service from: Texas
Died: 3-Feb-44
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery
Cambridge, England
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Son of Roy Hamock Blansit and Willie Mullenix.

Killed in action while serving as as top turret gunner aboard a B17. His plane was lost in a raid over Germany and was believed to have crashed in the North Sea. His name is listed on the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England.
Recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart and Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters.

American Battle Monuments Commission:
Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 20846999
548th Bomber Squadron, 385th Bomber Group, Heavy
Entered the Service from: Texas
Died: 3-Feb-44
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery
Cambridge, England
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart

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T/SGT USAAC
WWII DFC PH AM & 3 OLC



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