Gerald Howard Bland

Gerald Howard Bland
(1920-2010)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Hime Y.

Gerald Howard Bland

Born: 14 Jul 1920, Grayson Co, VA ¹ ² ³
Marriage (1): Hime Y.
Died: 25 Sep 2010, Pierce Co., WA at age 90 ³ ⁴

bullet Birth Notes:

His birth record has the first name of Jerel.

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Grayson Co, Va - 1930 Federal Census, 25 Apr 1930, Grayson Co, VA. ⁵ Elk Creek, Dist 1, Sheet 11A, Stamped Pg 94

• Obituary: New Tribune: Tacoma, Pierce CO, WA. Gerald H. Bland Gerald H. Bland, born at Elk Creek, Virginia on July 14, 1920, departed this life at 9:30 AM Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. He was a veteran of WWII. As a member of the 87th FA 9th Corps, he landed with the invasion forces on Omaha Beach in Normandy on D Day 1944. Reenlisting in the Army after the war, he served in Okinawa, Japan, and Germany. After retiring from the Army in 1963, he worked for the postal system and also at Fort Lewis and McChord Officers' Clubs. He attended Cornerstone Church in Puyallup, and First Baptist Church of Lakewood, and was also a member of the Humane Society. He is survived by wife Hime, of the home, and by two nieces and one nephew living in Virginia and North Carolina. Graveside service with military honors will be held at 1:30 PM on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010 in Mountain View Memorial Park. Arrangements by Mountain View Funeral Home. Please sign online guest book at www.mountainviewtacoma.com

Published by News Tribune (Tacoma) on Sep. 28, 2010.

Gerald married Hime Y.

1 World War II Draft Registration Cards 1942, microfilm publication Records of the Selective Service System (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, ancestry.com (database on-line), Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011). Surety: 3.

2 Virginia Department of Health, "In the Virgiia, U.S., Birth Records, 1912 - 2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1721 - 1920" (Richamond, Virginia, Ancestry.com (database on-line), Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operatons, Inc.), Surety: 3.

3 Social Securtiy Administration, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935 - 2014 (Washington D.C., USA, Social Security Death Index, Master File, Ancestry.com (on-line database), Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, 2014), Surety: 3.

4 ancestry.com (database on-line, Washington, U.S., Death Index, 1940-2017 (Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Surety: 3.

5 Virginia, Grayson Co - 1930 Federal Census, Elk Creek, Dist 1, Sheet 11A, Stamped Pg 94. Surety: 4.

Gerald Howard Bland

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