Raleigh Blackwell Batten

  • Citadel Class 1946
  • Date of Death 11-mrt-45
  • Service USAAC USA
  • War World War II
  • Cemetery Batten Cemetery
  • Rank abbr. SSG SGT

  • Date of birth 13-May-24
  • Born state NC
  • Hometown Charleston Cty
  • Country Columbus
  • State NC
  • Family Daniel Marconi Batten (father), Annabelle Schwartz (mother)
  • Service Number S/N 14191978
  • Entered the service from South Carolina
  • Enlistment date 23-feb-43
  • Enlistment city Miami Beach, FL
  • Squadron 598th BS
  • Group 397th BG
  • Air Force 9th
  • Plane Data B-26 Marauder
  • MACR MACR 15921
  • Pilot/crew 1Lt. Irving F. Clark
  • Theater Europe
  • Status KIA
  • Casualty details KIA
  • Place of death over France
  • Spot crashed near Busigny
  • Town Whiteville
  • Biography 397 Bomb Group