Richard Randall Blencowe  [8766]

 

1926

Father Nm: Thomas Charles Blencowe 1894 -1960

Mother Nm: Isabel Chapman 1893 Charleston NC

Marriage Dt:

K comments: Father Thomas Charles served in RAF in WW1, Uncle James Orphington served with the US Army in WW1

Spouse comments: Annie Louise Pressley [8767]

(Research): Ancestry

Oldest Known Ancestor:

Children:

Birth

18 August 1926 South Carolina

Before the War

1930 Census Columbia, Richland, South Carolina. Married with two children.

1. Thomas C Blencowe M 34 Virginia, Occupation-Auto Industry field representative
2. Isabelle C Blencowe F 37 North Carolina
3. Thomas C Blencowe M 5 South Carolina
4. Richard R Blencowe M 3 South Carolina

 

1940 Census Family in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina

1. Isabel C Blencowe M 47 North Carolina
2. Thomas C Blencowe M 15 South Carolina
3. Richard R Blencowe M 13 South Carolina

1930 US Census

1940 US Census

WW2

Blencowe Richard Randolph, Private FC, 14193919, US Army Air Corps

1945

• 30 November Enlisted at Greensboro North unlikely to have served in Europe could have been sent to Pacific duty. Enlisted for just one year, occupation Tinsmith.

  

   

• Station at the Panama Canal Zone for the duration of the war. Likely with the 6th Air Force whose role was primarily in defense of the Panama Canal; also engaged in antisubmarine operations.

1950

Attended Univesity of South Carolina, Commercial Arts.

1951 Marriage

From The Stae newspaper Columbia, South Carolina · Saturday, October 06, 1951

Also from 1951 Clippings

Medals

He was awarded the following medals

Likely American theatre medal and Pacific Asiatic medal

 

Sources

1. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
2. U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
3. Ancestry Military Tree of Blencowes ww2
4. Newspapers.com

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