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Personal info

Full name
BLUNT, Greydon H
Date of birth
27 October 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32764422
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
326th Airborne Engineer Battalion,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 37 36

Immediate family

Members
Thomas H. Blunt (father)
Emily A. (Giles) Blunt (mother)
Harvey C. Blunt (brother)
Henry M. Blunt (brother)
Martha E. (Smit) Blunt (wife)
Arlene Blunt (daughter)
Ronald Blunt (son)

More information

Cpl Greydon H. Blunt was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery, Grand Failly, France.

His brother-in-law, Frederick J. Smit, was killed in action on 13 June 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / DeSimore Family Tree, U.S. WWII Draft Cards for Young Men, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, The Jersey Journal - 17 January 1945, The Hudson Dispatch - 9 July 1945

Photo source: www;findagrave.com, The Hudson Dispatch - 9 July 1945