White, Charles Allen

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Title: White, Charles Allen
Gender: Male
Biography: Charles White was a crew chief/engineer who flew "The Hump" over the Himalayas with the 39th Air Engineering Squadron in a C46F Commando on supply runs in the China-Burma-India Theater. Awards: Air Medal, Meritorious Unit Award with Star, Victory Medal WWII, American Defense Ribbon, American Theater Ribbon, Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal and 3 Over Seas Bars.
Member: White family
Birth date: 10 Sep 1917
Place of birth: Petersburg (Ky.)
Father: White, Charles Wood
Mother: Cook, Irene Pearl
Spouse(s): McArthur, Anna Louise
Child(ren): White, Michael Allen
Death date: 13 May 1993
Place of death: Hebron (Ky.)
Death and burial information: Belleview Baptist Cemetery (Belleview, Ky.)
Occupation(s): Furnace operator (1940); Farmer (1950)
Military service: 20th Air Force/28 Air Service Group, U.S. Army Air Corps
Allegiance: United States of America
Held rank: Master Sergeant
Service began: 5 Oct 1940
Service ended: 1 Nov 1945
Resided in: Petersburg (Ky.); Boone County (Ky.)
Bibliographic citation(s): Boone County Recorder, Wednesday, May 26, 1993, page 11, column 4-5; Boone County Recorder, Thursday, May 14, 1942, page 1, column 4; Boone County Recorder, Thursday, February 20, 1975, page 2, column 1; FindAGrave.com, memorial #60534892
Source(s): Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999; Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920; Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930; Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940; U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946; U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2020; Find A Grave.com; Newspapers.com

Item sets: World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Kentucky--Boone County; Veterans--Kentucky--Boone County

Media: Charles Allen White