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Personal info

Full name
BLAIR, Harold R
Date of birth
12 October 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York City, New York

Military service

Service number
32346685
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 September 1944
Place of death
Thuilley-aux-Groseilles, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 9 63

Immediate family

Members
Robert Blair (father)
Theresa Blair (mother)
Robert Blair (brother)
Billie Blair (brother)
Marion Blair (sister)
Catherine Blair (sister)
Jeanetta Blair (sister)
William Blair (brother)
Loretta Blair (sister)

More information

Pvt Harold R. Blair attended high school for one year and was employed at the Crystal Water Company before he enlisted at Fort Jay, New York on 1 June 1942.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, 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 / 1925/1940 Census, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
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