View source for ALVIN D. BLACKMAN, LT, USN

{{KeyDates|DoB=December 30, 1917|DoD=October 26, 1944|Age=26|name_class=Alvin Blackman '41}}

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|picture=1941 Blackman LB.jpg
|LBName=ALVIN DeMAINE BLACKMAN
|LBHometown=Brooklyn, New York
|LBText=Aggressive, dynamic, and forceful, "Blackie" seems to radiate energy and determination. Born another "native son" of California he did not allow that balmy climate to weaken his will to live life to the hilt. Although neither an Army nor Navy junior, he has lived on both coasts, in the middle of the continent, and in a foreign land by virtue of his father's profession, engineering. "Blackie" allows himself no half-way measures. An ardent debater on any and all subjects, the strident tones of his voice are matched only by the sincerity of his convictions. At the Academy, water seems to be "Blackie's" favorite element.  In the spring and fall he spends his time "beating to windward" with the sailing team and during the winter months he splashes to and fro in the tank with the swimming team.  "Blacki" aspires to join the air corps.  If his hopes are realized, the air corps will receive an energetic worker, a staunch supporter, and a cheerful, loyal friend.
|LBECAs=''Boat Club; Swimming 4, 3, 2, 1, sNt ,Sailing Team 2, 1, sNg; I. C. Y. R. A. 2, 1.''
|LBOther=The Class of 1941 was the first of the wartime-accelerated classes, graduating in February 1941.}}

== Lost ==
Alvin was [http://archive.is/WZUIC lost] when his F4U-1 Corsair crashed near Coyle Airfield, New Jersey on October 26, 1944 during a training flight.

He [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2617145 is buried in] New York.

== Family ==
From researcher Kathy Franz:
<blockquote>
Alvin was born in San Francisco. His father was Leon, mother Virginia, sister Helen. In 1920 Leon was an electrical engineer with a commerce company in San Francisco, in 1930 he was director "con" engineering for the Postal Telegraph Company in Chicago, and in 1940 he was a cable engineer with the Army in Brooklyn, New York. Alvin traveled with his family in September 1933 from Balboa, Canal Zone to San Francisco. His mother lived in Panama in 1935, while the rest of the family lived in California. Alvin's next of kin was Mrs. Jean Settle Blackman of Dallas, Texas (perhaps, his wife.) Alvin's mother was proud of her son as attested to by her headstone, which reads "Virginia Mae Blackman, mother of Alvin D. Blackman, U.S. Navy."
</blockquote>

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{{ND|date=April 1941|rank=Ensign|command=USS Tucker}}

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