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Personal info

Full name
BLAIS, Wilfred R
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine
Hometown
Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31321505
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 December 1944
Place of death
Near Folpersviller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 21 11

Immediate family

Members
Alfred J. Blais (father)
Delima (Dumais) Blais (mother)
Marie Blais (sister)
Alice Blais (sister)
Roland Blais (brother)
Raoul L. Blais (brother)
Joseph Blais (brother)
Rosario G. Blais (brother)
Marie R. Blais (sister)
Blanche Blais (sister)

More information

Pfc Wilfred R. Blais attended high school for one year and was employed at the New England Shipbuilding Corporation in South Portland, Maine before he enlisted in Portland, Maine on 8 April 1943. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / Tree Too / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Roberta Russo