Roanoke County: Holloday, Robert Breckinridge

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first-name: Robert

middle-name: Breckinridge

last-name: Holloday

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home-address: 330 High St.

county: Salem, Va

birthplace: Batetourt Co

date-of-birth: 1923-10-08

race: white

sex: Male

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marital-status: Single

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education

elementary-years: 8

high-school-years: 4

college-years: 1

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occupation: school boy

religious-affiliation: Episcopal church

citizen-of-what-nation: United States

father-s-name

first-name: Thomas

middle-name: Miller

last-name: Holloday

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first-name: Cary

middle-name: Bowyer

last-name: (Holloday)

part-ii-military-record

means-of-entry: Enlisted

date-of-entry: 1942-12-09

place-of-entry: Roanoke,Virginia

rank-at-entry: Private

first-served: Air Corps

branch-of-service: Army

service-number: 13120169

previous-military-education-training-and-service: none

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camp-station-base-school-etc-place-from-date-to-date: Baseic- Miami Beach, Florida Pre-Aircrew Training- Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana and San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center, San Antonio, Texas, attended Air Force Technical Schools at Scott Field, Illinois, and Lowry Field, Colorado. He was assigned to 499th Bombardment Group, Smoky Hill Army Air Field, Salina, Kansas, June 4, 1944

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from-rank-to-rank-date-to-date: Corporal from Private - April 30, 1944 Corporal Sergeant Oct 1, 1944 Sergeant Staff-Sergeant Jan. 1, 1945

information-about-overseas-service: He left the United States December 17, 1944, as a member of 878th Bombardment Squadron, 499th Bombardment Group, for duty in the Pacific area. Was killed in action while serving as a staff sergeant, 878th Bombardment Squadron, and participating in a bombing mission Tokyo, Japan.

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circumstances-of-death: Killed in Action

area-of-place-of-death: In Ibaraki-ken Kashima - Gun island Honshu Japan

date-of-death: 1945-01-27

any-other-details-known: B20 with crew of 11. six of the crew did not return at end of war. 5 were made prisoners and returned home.

photograph: No

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prefix: Mother

first-name: Cary

middle-name: Bowyer

last-name: Holloday

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address: 330 High St Salem Va

relationship: Mother

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first-name: Cary

middle-name: Bowyer

last-name: Holloday

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address: 330 High St Salem Va

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