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Personal info

Full name
BLAGG, Jimmy D
Date of birth
18 January 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Gravelly, Yell County, Arkansas
Hometown
Yell County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
6952833
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
Near Albestroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 10 40

Immediate family

Members
James Blagg (father)
Jewell M. (Braswell) Blagg (mother)
Pearl Blagg (sister)
Earl E. Blagg (brother)
Mildred I. Blagg (sister)
Frances L. Blagg (sister)
Chuck Blagg (brother)
Bonnie Blagg (sister)
Pat Blagg (sister)
Avery I. (Cassell) Blagg (wife)

More information

Pvt Jimmy D. Blagg was a motion picture projectionist before he joined the Regular Army on 11 November 1939.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Oklahoma County Marriage Records, www.findagrave.com - Rick Lawrence / Marilyn Castro, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Marilyn Castro