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Personal info

Full name
BLAIR, Leonard O
Date of birth
2 Juni 1912
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Jefferson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35702186
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of St. Michel-sur-Meurthe - Denipaire, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 26 31

Immediate family

Members
John Blair (father)
Bessie (Flint) Blair (mother)
Anna R. Blair (sister)
James Blair (brother)
Douglas Blair (brother)
Myrtle (Aubrey) Blair (wife)
John E. Blair (son)
Glen O. Blair (son)

More information

Sgt Leonard O. Blair worked in a distillery.

He enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 22 April 1943 and was sent ocerseas in October 1943.
He was wounded in action in Italy on 24 April 1944 by artillery shell fragments in the arm and was hospitalized until June.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy