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Personal info

Full name
BLANTON, Thomas Edwin
Date of birth
15 December 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Coffee County, Alabama
Hometown
Jack, Coffee County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34264904
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
86th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
6th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
Near Assenois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 13 1

Immediate family

Members
John T. Blanton (father)
Verno (Martin) Blanton (mother)
James E. Blanton (brother)
Ione Blanton (sister)
Verna R. Blanton (sister)
Harold M. Blanton (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Thomas E. Blanton attended high school for one year and had been employed by the Tom Huston's Candy Company before he enlisted at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 17 March 1942.
He was sent overseas in February 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pierson Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Alton and Loudonia, www.newspapers.com - The Alba Clipper 1 February 1945, www.super6th.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Rick & Kat, www.ancestry.com - Blanton-Shirley-Staples Family Tree