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PFC Billy Mayo Black

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PFC Billy Mayo Black

Birth
Oklahoma, USA
Death
4 Nov 1943 (aged 19)
Rabaul, Rabaul District, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Burial
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
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Tablets of the Missing - USMC
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Gunner on a TBF Avenger assigned to VMTB-143. This aircraft was shot down while raiding Kahili Airfield, Bougainville, on 4 November 1943. All three members of the crew were seen to parachute but none were reported as POWs nor were any bodies recovered.
Gunner on a TBF Avenger assigned to VMTB-143. This aircraft was shot down while raiding Kahili Airfield, Bougainville, on 4 November 1943. All three members of the crew were seen to parachute but none were reported as POWs nor were any bodies recovered.

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Entered the service from California.

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  • Maintained by: MAJ Jimmy Cotton
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56754463/billy_mayo-black: accessed ), memorial page for PFC Billy Mayo Black (5 Nov 1923–4 Nov 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56754463, citing Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines; Maintained by MAJ Jimmy Cotton (contributor 48803557).