Re: American Aces Died in 2008
 

Colonel Donald James Matthew Blakeslee - Fourth FG Commander - 15.5

Passed away quietly in his sleep in the early evening of September 3, 2008. Just nine days short of his 91st Birthday.

Mark Copeland

Re: American Aces Died in 2008
 

BLAKESLEE, Donald James Mathew, 14.5, September 3, 2008, at home, and thus presumably Goulds (Miami), Florida

EVENSON, Eric Alvin, 8.25, September 13, 2008, Branson West, Missouri

KARGER, Dale Ernest, 7.5, October 5, 2008, Beaver, Pennsylvania

Rest in Peace, gentlemen.

Frank.

Re: American Aces Died in 2008
 

So many in such a short period. May they all rest in peace.

It's frustrating for me to learn, posthumously, that I lived so near to so many (I'm in central Florida and travel the entire state). Is there a source where I can find out who is still in my neck of the woods such that I may contact for interviews etc, ?

Re: American Aces Died in 2008
 

OLANDER, Edwin Lawrence, 5, October 9, 2008, Northampton, Massachusetts

Rest in Peace.

Frank.

Re: American Aces Died in 2008
 

DAVIS, Robert Harold, 5.5, May 29, 2008, Camarillo, California (I assume)

GERARD, Francis Robert, 8, November 1, 2008, Point Pleasant, New Jersey

Rest in Peace.

Frank.

Re: American Aces Died in 2008
 

MALONEY, Thomas Edward, 8, November 16, 2008, Cushing, Oklahoma.

Rest in Peace.

Frank.

Re: American Aces Died in 2008
 

WEAVER, Charles Elon, 8, November 19, 2008, Atlanta, Georgia.

RIP.

Frank.

Re: American Aces Died in 2008
 

YORK, Robert Miles, 5, September 19, 2008, Scarborough, Maine

A late discovery:
GRAHAM, Vernon Earl, 5, January 2, 2006, Santa Maria, California (?)

Recent research has discovered:
BROWN, Robert Harold, 7, December 20, 1975, Norwood, Massachusetts

And I believe that Robert Reynolds died in December 28, 1977, in Orlando, Florida, but I have been unable to match the ace with the deceased (other than the names are the same, with the same birth year, and the ace listed Orlando as his hometown).

RIP.

Frank.

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ABERNATHY, Robert Wilson, 5, December 14, 2008, Mason City, Iowa

Rest in Peace.

Frank.

Re: American Aces Died in 2008
 

Belated info: Vernon E. Graham (VF-11, Guadalcanal) 2 January 2006, Santa Maria, California.