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Personal info

Full name
BLANCHARD, Francis Winfield
Date of birth
1 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Wellington, Alpena County, Michigan
Hometown
Swartz Creek, Genesee County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36978379
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Putscheid-Weiler, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 12 89

Immediate family

Members
Glenn D. Blanchard (father)
Sara F. (Smith) Blanchard (mother)
Donna B. Blanchard (sister)
Majel D. Blanchard (brother)
Basil B. Blanchard (brother)
Phyllis M. Blanchard (brother)
Edna M. (Wilbur) Blanchard (wife)
Diane Blanchard (daughter)
Darlene Blanchard (daughter)
Frances Kae Blanchard (daughter)

More information

Pvt Francis W. Blanchard graduated from Swartz Creek High School and was a meat cutter in a grocerystore before he enlisted.

Pvt Blanchard is remembered at Maple Forest Cemetery in Maple Forest Township, Crawford County, Michigan with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Michigan Marriage Records, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Ken Rouston, Hannah Majewski - Roger Blanchard