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Personal info

Full name
BLANKENSHIP, Robert Roy
Date of birth
27 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Webster County, West Virginia
Hometown
Webster County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
15118086
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 January 1945
Place of death
Noville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 12 7

Immediate family

Members
Willis J. Blankenship Sr. (father)
Viola (Steel) Blankenship (mother)
Margaret Blankenship (sister)
Stella Blankenship (sister)
Harvey D. Blankenship (brother)
Virginia J. Blankenship (sister)
Laura Blankenship (sister)
Dora G. Blankenship (sister)
Willis J. Blankenship Jr. (brother)
Jonell Blankenship (sister)

More information

Pfc Robert R. Blankenship volunteered for the U.S. Army in Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 19 September 1942.

He attended high school for 2 years and worked on a farm before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, 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 / Mullins Family Tree, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com – World War II Young American Patriots