Charles Blakesley Hall (1920 - 1971)

Born 25 Aug 1920 in Brazil Township, Clay, Indiana, United States

Husband of Maxine Jesse (Parrish) Hall — married 14 Dec 1942 in Vigo, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Charles Hall is Notable.

Major Charles Hall served in the United States Army Air Corps in World War II
Service started: 12 Nov 1941
Unit(s): 332nd Fighter Group, 99th Fighter Squadron
Service ended: 1967

Charles Hall was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States).

Charles B Hall served as a US military pilot during World War II. He was one of the “Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen.” The Tuskegee Airmen were known for heroic combat service in support of Allied Forces in the European Theater. They served with the 332d Expeditionary Operations Group and the 477th Bombardment Group, both largely Black units of the United States Army Air Forces. Charles was one of the first 43 black pilots assigned to combat duty with the 99th Pursuit Squadron in North Africa and the first to shoot down an enemy aircraft. He was credited with four enemy aircraft kills and awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Charles B Hall was born on 25 Aug 1920 in Brazil Township, Clay, Indiana, United States. He was the son of Franklin Hall and Anna Blakesley.^[1]

He married Maxine Jessie Parish in 1942 in Terre Haute, Indiana.^[2] He later married Lola Delois Miles in 1961 in Gainesville, Texas.^[3] They had two children together.

Charles died on 22 Nov 1971 aged 51.^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ Charles Blakesley Hall in the Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1944, Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, Indiana; Birth Certificates; Year: 1920; Roll: 014, Ancestry Record 6087 #8162300
2. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27KJ-1SD : 3 August 2022), Charles Blakely Hall and Maxine Jesse Parrish, 14 Dec 1942; citing Vigo, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 007030787. Copy Citation
3. ↑ "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQJ-X8T2 : 23 February 2021), Charles Blakely Hall and Lola Delois Miles, 13 Jan 1961; citing Marriage, citing Gainesville, Cooke, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm .
4. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #6947 (accessed 16 November 2022)
   Memorial page for Charles Blakesly Hall Famous memorial (25 Aug 1920-22 Nov 1971), citing Hillcrest Memory Gardens, Spencer, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA (plot: Garden of Devotion, Lot 160, Section B, Grave #3); Maintained by Find a Grave.
5. ↑ Military: "U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010"
   Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Page number: 1
   Ancestry Record 2441 #9750116 (accessed 16 November 2022)
   Name: Charels B Hall; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 1 Dec 1920; Death Date: 27 Jan 1986; Enlistment Branch: M; Enlistment Date: 21 Feb 1944; Discharge Date: 6 Apr 1946.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHMM-2RS : accessed 17 November 2022), Charles Hall in household of Frank Hall, Brazil, Clay, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 2B, line 64, family 40, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 581; FHL microfilm 2,340,316.

• "United States Census, 1940," 11-1B Brazil Township, Brazil City Ward 1 bounded by (N) city limits; (E) city limits; (S) National Av; (W) Vandalia; also Clay County Hospital, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1RZ-RL1

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMX2-485 : 5 December 2014), Charles B Hall, enlisted 12 Nov 1941, Ft Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

See Also

• Charles Blakesly Hall
• This Day in Aviation