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TSgt David Leonard Blue

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TSgt David Leonard Blue

Birth
Iberville Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
9 Nov 1944 (aged 23)
France
Burial
Hamm, Canton de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg Add to Map
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Son of Walter Langdon Blue and Mary Ethel Kells. He was killed in action in German occupied France, on his 23rd birthday, during WW II.

BLUE, DAVID L., U.S. Army Air Forces Technical Sergeant, age 23, of Derby and Peoria, Ill. Son of Walter L. and Mary Ethel (Kells) Blue; born 9 November 1921, Grosse Tete, La.; moved to farm near Derby at age 4; 1939 graduate of Derby High School; employed by Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, Ill., when he enlisted in August 1942; called to duty February 1943.

Sergeant Blue, assigned to the 561st Bombardment Squadron, Bombardment Group (H), 8th Air Force, was serving as radio operator aboard a B-17 Bomber flying his 23rd mission over Germany on his 23rd birthday, 9 Nov. 1943, when it sustained a direct hit and went down near Trier.
Three crew members, including Blue, were unable to parachute to safety.
Awards: Air Medal with Three Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart Medal.
Buried: Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, Luxembourg City
Son of Walter Langdon Blue and Mary Ethel Kells. He was killed in action in German occupied France, on his 23rd birthday, during WW II.

BLUE, DAVID L., U.S. Army Air Forces Technical Sergeant, age 23, of Derby and Peoria, Ill. Son of Walter L. and Mary Ethel (Kells) Blue; born 9 November 1921, Grosse Tete, La.; moved to farm near Derby at age 4; 1939 graduate of Derby High School; employed by Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, Ill., when he enlisted in August 1942; called to duty February 1943.

Sergeant Blue, assigned to the 561st Bombardment Squadron, Bombardment Group (H), 8th Air Force, was serving as radio operator aboard a B-17 Bomber flying his 23rd mission over Germany on his 23rd birthday, 9 Nov. 1943, when it sustained a direct hit and went down near Trier.
Three crew members, including Blue, were unable to parachute to safety.
Awards: Air Medal with Three Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart Medal.
Buried: Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, Luxembourg City

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Entered the service from Illinois.

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  • Maintained by: Skip
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 5, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55963483/david_leonard-blue: accessed ), memorial page for TSgt David Leonard Blue (9 Nov 1921–9 Nov 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55963483, citing Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, Hamm, Canton de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Maintained by Skip (contributor 46976613).