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From the 99 Lives Project (99 Lives (knox.edu))
WARREN CALDWELL BLIM, JR
WARREN CALDWELL BLIM, JR
KNOWN AS
Doc
BIRTH DATE
5 Mar 1921
BIRTH LOCATION
Chicago Heights, Cook County, Illinois, USA
FATHER
Warren Caldwell Blim, MD; physician and surgeon
MOTHER
Helen Louise Albrecht Blim
SIBLINGS
Robert Spencer Blim, Marilyn Blim Blackwell
HIGH SCHOOL
Bloom Township HS
HIGH SCHOOL LOCATION
Chicago Heights, Illinois
HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
Debate, basketball
HOMETOWN
Chicago Heights, Cook County
HOME STATE
Illinois
ENTERED KNOX
1939-1942
CLASS YEAR
1942
MAJOR
Economics
SPORTS
Manager, track team
ACTIVITIES
Reserve Officers' Training Corps; Pre-Law Club; president, Seymour Council; The Knox Student
FRATERNITY
Phi Gamma Delta
WAR / CONFLICT
World War II
MILITARY SERVICE
US Army Air Forces
SERIAL NUMBER
O-442439
RANK
First Lieutenant
UNIT
721st Bomb Squadron (Heavy), 450th Bomb Group (Heavy), 15th Air Force
CASUALTY DATA
KIA / Killed In Action
DATE OF DEATH
23 Feb 1944
AGE AT DEATH
22
LOCATION OF DEATH
Austria
BURIAL
Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
PLOT LOCATION
Section E, grave 401; burial date 10 Feb 1950
FIND A GRAVE
AWARDS
Air Medal, Purple Heart
REMARKS
Transferred to Knox from University of Illinois
