Glenn Thomas Black
1923 - 2021 (97 years)-
Name Glenn Thomas Black Birth 29 Dec 1923 Kansas 
[1, 2] Gender Male _MILT World War II. US Army Air Forces. Captain. Silver Star, DFC, Purple Heart, AM Death 17 Apr 2021 [2] Burial 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) Marriage 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) Family ID F464 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2021
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Birth - 29 Dec 1923 - Kansas 
Burial - - 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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