Blair, William Leroy (b. 20 Dec 1927 - d. 4 May 2017): Carl Wayne Gray Genealogies

1927 - 2017 (89 years)

Name	Blair, William Leroy
Birth	20 Dec 1927
Gender	Male
Reference Number	BLAI.W001
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Military Service	World War II, Machinist's Mate Third Class, 103rd Naval Construction Battalion, United States Navy [1]
	Entered active service on June 15, 1946. Completed boot camp at Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. Departed the Continental U.S. bound for Guam in the Marshall Islands, where he served as a Seabee with the 103rd Naval Construction Battalion. Honorably discharged as a Machinist's Mate Third Class on April 5, 1948 at Naval Receiving Station, San Francisco, California. Earned the WWII Victory Medal. (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=2117862
		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,…
		United States Navy
		United States Navy
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		World War II (1939-1945)
		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. …
		World War II Honoree, Blair, William LeeRoy (1927-2017)
Death	4 May 2017
Burial	Red Brush Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois
Person ID	I43229	Carl Wayne Gray Research
Last Modified	24 May 2023

Event Map

Burial - - Red Brush Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois

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Notes

William Lee Blair, 89, of Decatur, left Aspen Care Memory for his Heavenly Home on Thursday, May 4, 2017.

On November 3, 1948, he and Adeline Wolf were united in marriage in Louisville, IL. Lee was a post WW II veteran. He served on the island of Guam from 1946-1948 as a Navy Seabee, construction battalion.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Adeline and three sisters.

He is survived by his daughter, Faye Bennett and husband Greg of Windsor; granddaughter Ashley Bennett; grandson William Drew and wife Danielle; brother Robert Bob Bair and wife Nellie, and many nieces and nephews.

Private family graveside services will be at the Red Brush Cemetery in Louisville. Lee attended Calvary Baptist Church in Decatur. Lovins Lockart Funeral Home in Windsor is assisting the family.

Obituary: Lovins Lockart Funeral Home - Windsor, Illinois

Sources
[S15050] World War II Honoree, William LeeRoy Blair, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2117862) (Reliability: 2).