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Personal info

Full name
BLAKELEY, Eugene Stanley
Date of birth
23 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39545954
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
333rd Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
Weetzen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 6 16

Immediate family

Members
Earl H. Blakeley (father)
Lula J. (Bumpus) Blakeley (mother)
Richard E. Blakeley (brother)
Betty J. Blakeley (wife)

More information

Pfc Eugene S. Blakeley enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 27 November 1942. He attended high school for 3 years and worked in a warehouse before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Margraten in a temporary grave on 12 April 1945. He was disinterred on 6 August 1948 and his remains were prepared and placed in a casket on 16 August 1948. He was given his final resting place on 2 March 1949.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, IDPF, www.ancestry.com - Birth Index / Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Randon Blakeley