Glenn Thomas Black
1923 - 2021 (97 years)-
Name Glenn Thomas Black Born 29 Dec 1923 Kansas 
[1, 2] Gender Male _MILT World War II. US Army Air Forces. Captain. Silver Star, DFC, Purple Heart, AM Died 17 Apr 2021 [2] Buried Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon [2] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225836852/glenn-thomas-black
Section EE4, Site 997
Person ID I997 McKeown Last Modified 30 Jun 2023
Father Matthew Archer Black, b. 7 Nov 1880, Clay Center, Clay County, Kansas , d. Nov 1944, Denver, Denver County, Colorado (Age 64 years) Mother Margaret Anna Caskey, b. Oct 1880, Iowa , d. 1928 (Age 47 years) Married 1 May 1907 Noble County, Oklahoma Family ID F205 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jennie Carmen Crook, b. 25 Jul 1924, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas , d. 4 Jun 2010 (Age 85 years) Last Modified 16 Nov 2021 Family ID F464 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 29 Dec 1923 - Kansas 
Buried - - Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Glenn Thomas Black
December 29, 1923 - April 17, 2021
Glenn Black (225836852)
B-25 aircraft commander 381st BS 310th BG Nov 1943 - June 1944
Badly wounded on June 22, 1944 leading mission to Leghorn Harbor, Italy.
Flew a/c back to Corsica on single engine with help of wounded co-pilot.
Evacuated to the USA due to wounds.
After WWII Glenn became a flying minister serving isolated communities in the mid-west.
After retirement he became a flight instructor at Lenhardt's airpark Hubbard, Oregon.
December 29, 1923 — April 17, 2021
Contributor: MAJ Jimmy Cotton (48803557) • JIMMYCOTTON67@GMAIL.COM
Cemetery Details
Willamette National Cemetery
11800 SE Mt Scott Blvd
Portland, OR 97086
Simon Cornwell Colonial Chapel
https://www.cornwellcolonial.com/obituaries/Glenn-Black/#!/Obituary [2]
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