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Personal info

Full name
BLANEY, Joseph Hoye
Date of birth
6 December 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, West Virginia
Hometown
Lake Lynn, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
35742021
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 February 1945
Place of death
Saarburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Harry A. Blaney (father)
Louisa M. (Ryan) Blaney (mother)
Edna G. Blaney (sister)

More information

Pfc Joseph H. Blaney enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 29 October 1942.

He was shot by a sniper.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Ryan and Kuhns Tree / Paul Woolery Families, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Silvano Theunissen, www.ancestry.com - Thomas Paull