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BLOOD, Cyril W - Date of
birth
19 September 1908 -
Age
36 - Place of
birth
Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York -
Hometown
St. Lawrence County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32025383 -
Rank
Corporal -
Function
unknown -
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
407th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
23 February 1945 - Place of
death
Near Linnich, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 12 | 29 |
Immediate family
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Members
Leon E. Blood (father)
Mary E. (Phillips) Blood (mother)
Victor O. Blood (brother)
More information
Cyril W. Blood graduated from Potsdam High School and St. Lawrence University with a Bachelor degree of Science. He was employed as a salesman for the American Sheeting Co.He enlisted in Syracuse, New York on 6 January 1941. He was later discharged as over-age, and following Pearl Harbor he was called back to active duty.
He trained two years at Fort Hancock, New Jersey and later attended school in Indiana and later in Texas.
He was sent overseas in the fall of 1944.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org - Courier and Freeman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Courier Freeman - 8 January 1941, St Lawrence University, 1932