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Personal info

Full name
BLANCHETTE, Maurice J
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New Hampshire
Hometown
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
14008971
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 October 1944
Place of death
Near Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 20 49

More information

Pvt Maurice J. Blanchette was an architect before he joined the Regular Army at Fort Jackson, South Carolina on 10 March 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his buttock, hip, and stomach.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card / Eastman Legacy / 1930 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett / MAJ Jimmy Cotton
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy