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Personal info

Full name
BLAIR, Clyde
Date of birth
1917
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36466395
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Automatic Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 December 1944
Place of death
Gey, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 2 35

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Blair (father)
Esther J. Blair (mother)
Reginald H. Blair (brother)
Vernon Blair (brother)
George Blair (brother)
Howard Blair (brother)

More information

Pfc Clyde Blair enlisted in Detroit, Michigan on 29 January 1944.

On one of the photos his brother Reginald poses at his temporary grave at Henri-Chapelle.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.abmc.gov, http://aad.archives.gov,
www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com

Photo source: Wilfried de Backer, Clyde Blair - nephew, courtesy of Debbie Holloman