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Personal info

Full name
BLANAR, John
Date of birth
3 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33149663
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
274th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
Philippsbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 31 8

Immediate family

Members
Harry Blanar (father)
Anna (Chernak) Blanar (mother)
Mary Blanar (sister)
Helen Blanar (sister)
Harry Blanar (brother)
Louise A. Blanar (sister)
Margaret Blanar (sister)
Ann R. (Gigliotti) Blanar (wife)
Sandra A. Blanar (daughter)

More information

Sgt John Blanar enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 10 February 1942.

He attended high school for 2 years before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Ann R. Blanar, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Gigliotti Cerra Family Tree / Virginia Marriage Records / 1930/1940 Census, http://www.trailblazersww2.org
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