Individual Personnel Data
| Name |
Blankenship, Doye Herman ‡ |
| Rank |
Private / Staff Sergeant |
| Serial Number |
33213036 ‡ |
| Unit |
545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) |
| Assigned |
Assigned to the 384th BG 545th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #146 dated 17 November 1943, J Lovell Crew. |
| Duty |
Flexible Gunner |
| MOS | 748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer |
| Last Duty Date |
19 March 1944 |
| Results |
Killed In Action
Final Resting Place or Memorial: Crafts Methodist Church Cemetery, Gladehill, Virginia |
| Additional Information | |
| Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
| CREWMEMBER |
POSITION |
RESULTS |
| 2nd Lt. Lovell, James MacNaughton⇗ | Pilot | KIA |
| 2nd Lt. Brookings, Walter Francis⇗ | Co-pilot | KIA |
| 2nd Lt. Lewis, Joseph Franklyn⇗ | Navigator | POW |
| 2nd Lt. Bachicha, Martin Paul⇗ | Bombardier | POW |
| S/SGT. Geriak, John (NMI)⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | CT |
| S/SGT. Fowlkes, Calvin Oscar Lewis⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | KIA |
| SGT. Tessmer, Warren David, "Tess"⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | WIA |
| S/SGT. Kardos, Louis Julius⇗ | Tail Gunner | POW |
| PVT. Oldham, Jesse Zera⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
| PVT. Blankenship, Doye Herman⇗ | Flexible Gunner | KIA |
| PVT. Blankenship, Doye Herman | Flexible Gunner | KIA |
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