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Personal info

Full name
BLANCHARD, Joseph Theodore
Date of birth
14 November 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Sulphur, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Karnes City, Karnes County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38561613
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 April 1945
Place of death
South of Bielefeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 8 14

Immediate family

Members
Alexis J. Blanchard (father)
Mary Agnes (Dupre) Blanchard (mother)
Ethel M. Blanchard (sister)
Chester A. Blanchard (brother)
Janie (Janacek) Blanchard (wife)
Francis Blanchard (son)
Mary (Sheblak) Blanchard (daughter)
Claudia (Sheblak) Blanchard (daughter)
Bernard Blanchard (son)
Mark Blanchard (son)

More information

Pvt Joseph T. Blanchard was employed at Ben Bordowsky Grocery.

He joined his unit from a replacement depot on 21 October 1944 and was lightly wounded in action on 10 December 1944.

Source of information: Virginia Hlavaty, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Francis Blanchard, Charles & Mary Sheblak, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Virginia Hlavaty (granddaughter)