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Personal info

Full name
BLANCETT, Leonard O
Date of birth
1916
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Torrance County, New Mexico
Hometown
Torrance County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
38168190
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 4 65

Immediate family

Members
Robert T. Blancett (father)
Mary E. (Flanigan) Blancett (mother)
James L. Blancett (brother)
Novie Blancett (sister)
Leon Blancett (brother)
Cecil Blancett (brother)
Dewey E. Blancett (brother)
Lillian L. Blancett (sister)
Robert Blancett (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Leonard O. Blancett enlisted in Santa Fe, New Mexico on 14 October 1942.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

S/Sgt Blancett was Killed in Action during the Battle of the Bulge.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com -
Headstone and Interment Record / Blancett Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Belinda S., www.findagrave.com - Joshualyn