Blair, Joy Lester

1909 - 1967  (57 years)

• Name	Blair, Joy Lester
  Birth	26 Dec 1909
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BLAI.J004
  _FGRAVE	24778495
  Military Service	World War II, Painter Third Class,United States Navy  [1]
  	Enlisted and entered active service as an Apprentice Seaman on 14 April 1944 at Chicago, Illinois. Completed boot camp at Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. Served with Headquarter Squadron Fleet Air Wing, Combat Aircraft Surface Unit (Forward) 58 and at Naval Air Base (Comair 7th Fleet). Earned The American Campaign Medal, The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, The WWII Victory Medal and The Philippine Liberation Medal. Honorably discharged as a Painter 3rd Class on 17 November 1945 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://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2002327
  		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, Joy Lester (1909-1967)
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		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	7 Jun 1967
  Burial	Old Union Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois
  Person ID	I43226	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	24 May 2023

  
  

  Family	Creek, Martha C.,   b. 31 Dec 1913   d. 10 Sep 2003 (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F19457	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S15047] World War II Honoree, Joy Lester Blair, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2002327) (Reliability: 2).