Name:
Hubert Blades
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
Unit:
Date of Death:
1943-05-08
State:
Cemetery:
Jefferson Barracks National Cem., Missouri
Plot:
Section 82
Row:
Grave:
202
Decoration:
Comments:
Hubert Blades served in the US Air Corps as a Staff Sergeant during World War II. He died on May 8, 1943 and is now buried in the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA in a common grave with his crew. Hubert was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China but his name is inscribed as Herbert.