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Personal info

Full name
BLODGETT, James Patrick
Date of birth
31 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36884360
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
56th Armored Infantry Battalion,
12th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
Hergolshausen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 38 38

Immediate family

Members
Foster P. Blodgett (father)
Emma E. Blodgett (mother)
Foster Blodgett (brother)
John H. Blodgett (brother)

More information

Pvt James P. Blodgett attended Macomber Vocational High School in Toledoand worked at the Cadillac Stamp Company.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Champigneul, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.12tharmoredmuseum.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Macomber Vocational High School 1938, Toledo Blade - 14 July 1944