Harris Brockington Pate Jr

Military
media-55251.jpeg UPL 55251 TSGT Harris B. Pate
Radio Operator
321st BG - 445th BS - 12th AF

Object Number - UPL 55251 - TSGT Harris B. Pate Radio Operator 321st BG - 445th BS - 12th AF

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Units served with

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 321st Bomb Group 445th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16000660
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 321st Bomb Group 445th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33244704
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-25 Mitchell
  • Nicknames: Idaho Lassie
  • Unit: 321st Bomb Group 445th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

19 January 1924

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Combat Missioin

9 June 1942 43-27742

Born

30 June 1942 109 Spring Street Worked at the Hamlet Theater

Enlisted

30 January 1943 Camp Croft

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Combat Mission

9 March 1944 42-64508

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Combat Mission

10 March 1944 42-64527

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Combat Mission

13 March 1944 42-64527

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Combat Mission

1 April 1944

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Combat Mission

12 April 1944 42-32333

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Combat Mission

16 April 1944 42-53373

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Combat Mission

29 April 1944 42-32458

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Combat Mission

30 April 1944 42-32458

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Combat Mission

2 May 1944 41-13179

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Combat Mission

11 May 1944 41-29989

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Combat Mission

12 May 1944 42-60667

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Combat Mission

14 May 1944 43-27534

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Combat Mission

17 May 1944 41-13202

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Combat Mission

19 May 1944 43-4050

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Combat Mission

24 May 1944 43-4050

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Combat Mission

25 May 1944 43-27723

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Combat Mission

26 May 1944

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Combat Mission

27 May 1944 43-27698

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Combat Mission

29 May 1944 43-27742

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Combat Mission

31 May 1944 43-27742

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Combat Mission

1 June 1944 43-27572

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Combat Mission

3 June 1944 43-27572

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Combat Mission

4 June 1944 43-27742

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Combat Mission

5 June 1944 43-27742

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Combat Mission

6 June 1944 43-27742

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Combat Mission

13 June 1944 43-27742

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Combat Mission

15 June 1944 43-27769

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Combat Mission

22 June 1944 43-27769

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Combat Mission

29 June 1944 43-27769

Died

27 October 2006 Harris Brockington Pate Jr., 82, died peacefully in his sleep at home, Friday, Oct. 27, 2006. Born Jan. 19, 1924, Harry valiantly served his country during World War II in the European and North African Theatres and retired from NASA Langley Research Center in 1982 after 35 years of service. Harry, a native of Hamlet, N.C., had been a Peninsula resident for over 50 years. He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Betty Clark Pate. He is survived by three children, three stepchildren, and a grandson, Harris Brockington Pate III and wife, Linda, of Surry; Doris Catherine Pate of Charlotte, N.C.; William E. Pate of Newport News; Barbara Frances Coxe and husband, Joe, of Newport News; Karen Bennett Lisota and Patricia Ann Bennett, both of Virginia Beach; and Harris Brockington Pate IV of Surry. Harry was a brilliant, kindhearted person who loved his animals and his beautiful orchids. He will be sorely missed by family and friends.

Buried

30 October 2006 Peninsula Memorial Park Newport News, Newport News City, Virginia, US

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