US PARAS Blankenship, Robert Roy

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Blankenship ​

• FORENAME

Robert Roy​

• UNIT

506 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company D) ​

• RANK

Private First Class ​

• NUMBER

15118086 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

16th January 1945 ​

• AGE

20​

• GRAVESITE

Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg Plot G Row 12 Grave 7 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Webster County, West Virginia​

born 27.06.1924 Boggs, West Virginia, USA​

father Willis J. Blankenship (1849-1935)​

mother Viola (nee Steele) Blankenship (1885-1967)​

2 years high school​

civil occupation General Farmers​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

30.06.1942 draft card West Virginia​

19.09.1942 entered service Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky​

Next of kin - Mother. Mrs. Viola S. Blankenship, Boggs, West Virginia​

10.1944 WIA​

10.1944 discharged hospital​

12.1944 WIA​

12.1944 discharged hospital​

KIA Belgium ​

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