Blair, Allen Burdette

1921 - 2014  (93 years)

• Name	Blair, Allen Burdette
  		Allen Burdette Blair (1921-2014)
  Birth	14 Mar 1921	Blair Township, Clay County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BLAI.A001
  _FGRAVE	128171085
  Military Service	World War II, Aviation Machinist's Mate First Class, United States Navy  [1]
  	Enlisted and entered active service as an Apprentice Seaman on July 28, 1942 at The Naval Recruiting Station, Saint Louis, Illinois. Completed boot camp and Aviation Machinist's Mate School at Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois, and further training at Dearborn, Michigan. Assigned briefly to Naval Air Station, San Diego, California, and then to Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 32 in the Hawaiian area. Earned The Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and The WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as an Aviation Machinist's Mate First Class on January 28, 1946 at The Separation Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. (This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.) Source: https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2018997
  		United States Navy
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		World War II Honoree, Blair, Allen Burdette Blair (1921-2014)
  		United States Navy
  		United States Navy Enlisted Rates
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  Death	16 Apr 2014	St. Johns Hospital, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
  Burial	Christian Home Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois
  Person ID	I43223	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 14 Mar 1921 - Blair Township, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S15044] World War II Honoree, Allen Burdette Blair, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2018997) (Reliability: 2).