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SSgt Harry McCown (Mac)
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Bates, Earl Jack, Jr., TSgt USAF(Ret).
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Contact Info
Last Address NEW PORT RICHEY, FL
Date of Passing Nov 07, 2012
Location of Interment Florida National Cemetery (VA) - Bushnell, Florida
Chain of Command 8th Air Force; 47th Air Division; 6th Bomb Wing. Later, 47th Air Division, Control and Tanker Element (Flt A) Task Unit 132.4.2. Then Flt A Task Unit 132.4.2 (Prov) Operation Ivy; Kwajalein Island, Marshall Islands (1st H Bomb test). Returned to Walker AFB until early 1953.
Other Memories Daughter; Elena Jean Bates born in Base Hospital March 9, 1952