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Personal info

Full name
BLUM, Henry Fred
Date of birth
9 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
South Beaver Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Darlington, Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33421740
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
20 January 1945
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 42 36

Immediate family

Members
John A. Blum (father)
Della (Roch) Blum (mother)
Alice F. Blum (sister)
Olga W. Blum (sister)
John A. Blum (brother)
Mildred Blum (sister)
Carl G. Blum (brother)
Dorothy E. Blum (sister)
William A. Blum (brother)
Arnold E. Blum (brother)
Bertha Blum (sister)
Emma E. Blum (sister)
George A. Blum (brother)

More information

Pfc Henry F. Blum was employed at the Babcock & Wilcox Tube Mill before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 21 January 1943.

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 / August Blum & Della Roch Family Tree / 1940 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

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