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Personal info

Full name
BLAIR, Walter E
Date of birth
15 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
West New York, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
West New York, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32207611
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
9 December 1944
Place of death
Grosshau, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
James Blair (father)
Catherine (Schoener) Blair (mother)
William Blair (brother)
Thomas Blair (brother)
Ernest H. Blair (brother)
Robert Blair (brother)
Alfred Blair (brother)
Harry J. Blair (brother)
Margaret R. Blair (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Walter E. Blair attended high school for one year and was a maintenance painter

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 5 February 1942.

He joined his unit from the 48th Replacement Battalion on 24 July 1944

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Jolanda Hogeboom, WWIIMemorial.com, NARA, Footnote.com, IDPF

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Jolanda Hogeboom, Ronald en Jolanda Danse