Corbin Wilbur Seay
Born | 1922, South Dakota, USA |
Died | July 4, 1944 |
Service Branch | Army Air |
Rank | Warrant Officer Junior Grade |
Rating or Job | |
Unit | 456th Survey Squadron, 322nd Survey Group |
Campaign | World War II |
Military Citations | Soldier’s Medal |
Honors | |
Family |
Daniel Western Seay - Father
(1892 - 1968)
Mary Ella Weick Seay - Mother
(1896 - 1981)
Jeffry Seay Boerger - Son
Zak Boerger - Grandson
Morgan Arrowood - Granddaughter
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Notes | MIA/BNR Drowned while attempting to rescue another soldier, Adriatic Sea, Florence Italy Listed on the Tablets of the Missing, Florence American Cemetery, Via Cassia, Italy Corbin Wilber Seay, born in 1922 in South Dakota, enlisted in the United States Army on July 17, 1940 from Chico, California, and was a member of the Air Corps. He graduated from High School, and had two dependents, his wife, Toni, and his son, Jeffry. Height 71 (5'9") inches, weight 160. He was a Warrant Officer, JG, lost, unrecoverable on July 4, 1944. Source: National Archives and Records Administration, US World War II Army Enlistment Records 1938-1946; and US WWII Military Personnel Missing In Action or Lost At Sea, 1941-1946. Listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery and Memorial. Burial: Glen Oaks Memorial Park Chico Butte County California, USA Plot: Garden of Devotion, Lot 119 (Contributed by Zak Boerger, grandson) |
Sources | Additional research by Bill Edmiston |
Mementos |
Toni & Corbin Seay (Photo: Zak Boerger) |