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Personal info

Full name
BLESSEN, John Irvin
Date of birth
9 March 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Amarillo, Potter County, Texas
Hometown
Tascosa, Potter County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38343262
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
272nd Infantry Regiment,
69th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 18 12

Immediate family

Members
William D. Blessen (father)
Bessie T. (Morgan) Blessen (mother)
William E. Blessen (brother)
Robert L. Blessen (brother)
Raymond T. Blessen (brother)

More information

Pfc John I. Blessen was reported seriously wounded in action on 8 April 1945 and died the next day.

He had written his mother on 4 April that he was happy and in good health.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Texas Birth Index / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - Amarillo Daily News

Photo source: Des Philippet/http://www.findagrave.com/, www.newspapers.com - Amarillo Daily News, Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Potter County, Texas