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Personal info

Full name
BLANTON, Hermann Ray
Date of birth
24 November 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Claude, Armstrong County, Texas
Hometown
Summers, Washington County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38602419
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
423rd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 January 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 20 15

Immediate family

Members
Walter R. Blanton (father)
Annie M. (Nickols) Blanton (mother)
Walter R. Blanton (brother)
Ruby P. Blanton (sister)
Arthur M. Blanton (brother)
Marion H. Blanton (brother)
Opel F. Blanton (sister)
Archie F. Blanton (brother)

More information

Pfc Hermann R. Blanton, also spelled as Herman Blanton, was taken prisoner on 21 December 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.indianamilitary.org, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Registration Card / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet