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Personal info

Full name
BLAHA, Louis George Jr
Date of birth
9 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
North Royalton, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35840928
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 December 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 18 42

Immediate family

Members
Louis J. Blaha (father)
Emilie F. (Postisil) Blaha (mother)
Edward G. Blaha (brother)
Elsie C. (Neiman) Blaha (wife)
Henrietta Blaha (daughter)
Frances Blaha (daughter)
Lillian Blaha (daughter)

More information

Pvt Louis G. Blaha attended high school for one year and employed as a tool & diemaker at Lamsom & Sessions Company.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 30 May 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Ohio County Marriages
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, The Plain Dealer - 9 April 1945